#3EB9D4#3EB9D4

#3EB9D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9D4
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -24.88, -23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 34.15, 223.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0911 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.112 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2142, 40.4719, 68.4414)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9D4 #D4593E

analogous

#3ED4A4 #3EB9D4 #3E6ED4

triadic

#3EB9D4 #D43EB9 #B9D43E

tetradic

#3EB9D4 #A43ED4 #D4593E #6ED43E

square

#3EB9D4 #A43ED4 #D4593E #6ED43E

split-complementary

#3EB9D4 #D43E6E #D4A43E

monochromatic

#1C6B7C #2796AE #3EB9D4 #70CBDF #A2DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#3EB9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#3EB9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9D4

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9D4	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A4D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cee1',
    500: '#3eb9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9d4;
$custom-light: #87cee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.8,
    "s": 63.559,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72981,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9D4

secondary

#D7A297

accent

#5F41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9D4

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

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