#3FB8E1#3FB8E1

#3FB8E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.120 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3FB8E1
RGB	rgb(63, 184, 225)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 18.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -20.13, -30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 36.26, 236.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0847 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.12 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7754, 40.7702, 77.3616)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3FB8E1 #E1683F

analogous

#3FE1B9 #3FB8E1 #3F67E1

triadic

#3FB8E1 #E13FB8 #B8E13F

tetradic

#3FB8E1 #B93FE1 #E1683F #67E13F

square

#3FB8E1 #B93FE1 #E1683F #67E13F

split-complementary

#3FB8E1 #E13F67 #E1B93F

monochromatic

#16718F #1F9AC4 #3FB8E1 #74CCE9 #A9DFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#3FB8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#3FB8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3FB8E1

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3FB8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3FB8E1	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3fb8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 184, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.120 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdea',
    500: '#3fb8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3fb8e1;
$custom-light: #89cdea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3fb8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.185,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73316,
    "c": 0.11965,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3FB8E1

secondary

#DFAD9D

accent

#6738F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3FB8E1

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

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