#3EB9D8#3EB9D8

#3EB9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.114 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9D8
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 216)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -23.63, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 34.66, 227.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0896 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.114 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7251, 40.6762, 71.1317)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9D8 #D85D3E

analogous

#3ED8AA #3EB9D8 #3E6CD8

triadic

#3EB9D8 #D83EB9 #B9D83E

tetradic

#3EB9D8 #AA3ED8 #D85D3E #6CD83E

square

#3EB9D8 #AA3ED8 #D85D3E #6CD83E

split-complementary

#3EB9D8 #D83E6C #D8AA3E

monochromatic

#1A6D81 #2497B4 #3EB9D8 #71CBE2 #A4DEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#3EB9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#3EB9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9D8

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9D8	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A4D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.114 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cee4',
    500: '#3eb9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9d8;
$custom-light: #88cee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.078,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73145,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9D8

secondary

#D9A598

accent

#613EE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9D8

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

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