#3EB8E1#3EB8E1

#3EB8E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.120 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB8E1
RGB	rgb(62, 184, 225)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 18.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -20.26, -30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 36.37, 236.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0852 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.12 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7121, 40.7375, 77.3587)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB8E1 #E1673E

analogous

#3EE1B9 #3EB8E1 #3E67E1

triadic

#3EB8E1 #E13EB8 #B8E13E

tetradic

#3EB8E1 #B93EE1 #E1673E #67E13E

square

#3EB8E1 #B93EE1 #E1673E #67E13E

split-complementary

#3EB8E1 #E13E67 #E1B93E

monochromatic

#16708E #1E9AC3 #3EB8E1 #73CBE9 #A8DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#3EB8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#3EB8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB8E1

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB8E1	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 184, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.120 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdea',
    500: '#3eb8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb8e1;
$custom-light: #89cdea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.092,
    "s": 73.094,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73291,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB8E1

secondary

#DFAD9C

accent

#6638F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB8E1

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

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