#3EB8E3#3EB8E3

#3EB8E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.122 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB8E3
RGB	rgb(62, 184, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 18.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -19.61, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 36.83, 237.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0845 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.122 226)
XYZ	xyz(32.9865, 40.8473, 78.8040)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB8E3 #E3693E

analogous

#3EE3BB #3EB8E3 #3E66E3

triadic

#3EB8E3 #E33EB8 #B8E33E

tetradic

#3EB8E3 #BB3EE3 #E3693E #66E33E

square

#3EB8E3 #BB3EE3 #E3693E #66E33E

split-complementary

#3EB8E3 #E33E66 #E3BB3E

monochromatic

#157191 #1D9BC7 #3EB8E3 #73CCEB #A9DFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#3EB8E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#3EB8E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB8E3

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB8E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB8E3	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb8e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 184, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.122 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdec',
    500: '#3eb8e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb8e3;
$custom-light: #89cdec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb8e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.636,
    "s": 74.661,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73378,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.40851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB8E3

secondary

#E0AE9D

accent

#6737F1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB8E3

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

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