#3EB8DC#3EB8DC

#3EB8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.117 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB8DC
RGB	rgb(62, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -21.86, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 35.33, 231.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0871 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.117 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0400, 40.4687, 73.8189)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB8DC #DC623E

analogous

#3EDCB1 #3EB8DC #3E69DC

triadic

#3EB8DC #DC3EB8 #B8DC3E

tetradic

#3EB8DC #B13EDC #DC623E #69DC3E

square

#3EB8DC #B13EDC #DC623E #69DC3E

split-complementary

#3EB8DC #DC3E69 #DCB13E

monochromatic

#196E87 #2298BB #3EB8DC #72CBE5 #A6DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#3EB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#3EB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB8DC

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB8DC	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.117 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cde7',
    500: '#3eb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb8dc;
$custom-light: #88cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.671,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73076,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB8DC

secondary

#DCA99A

accent

#643CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB8DC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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