#3EC4E2#3EC4E2

#3EC4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.119 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EC4E2
RGB	rgb(62, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -26.04, -25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 36.30, 224.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0964 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.119 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4482, 45.9908, 78.9456)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EC4E2 #E25C3E

analogous

#3EE2AE #3EC4E2 #3E72E2

triadic

#3EC4E2 #E23EC4 #C4E23E

tetradic

#3EC4E2 #AE3EE2 #E25C3E #72E23E

square

#3EC4E2 #AE3EE2 #E25C3E #72E23E

split-complementary

#3EC4E2 #E23E72 #E2AE3E

monochromatic

#167A90 #1EA7C5 #3EC4E2 #73D4EA #A8E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#3EC4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#3EC4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EC4E2

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EC4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EC4E2	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ec4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.119 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad6eb',
    500: '#3ec4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ec4e2;
$custom-light: #8ad6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ec4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.976,
    "s": 73.874,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76152,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EC4E2

secondary

#E0A99C

accent

#5937F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EC4E2

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

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