#3EB8E7#3EB8E7

#3EB8E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.125 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB8E7
RGB	rgb(62, 184, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 20.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -18.32, -33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 37.84, 241.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.083 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.125 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5450, 41.0707, 81.7453)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB8E7 #E76D3E

analogous

#3EE7C1 #3EB8E7 #3E64E7

triadic

#3EB8E7 #E73EB8 #B8E73E

tetradic

#3EB8E7 #C13EE7 #E76D3E #64E73E

square

#3EB8E7 #C13EE7 #E76D3E #64E73E

split-complementary

#3EB8E7 #E73E64 #E7C13E

monochromatic

#137398 #1A9CCE #3EB8E7 #74CCEE #ABE0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#3EB8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#3EB8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB8E7

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB8E7	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 184, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.125 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdee',
    500: '#3eb8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb8e7;
$custom-light: #89cdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.686,
    "s": 77.88,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73555,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB8E7

secondary

#E3B19E

accent

#6933F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB8E7

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

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