#3EA5AA#3EA5AA

#3EA5AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.093 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA5AA
RGB	rgb(62, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -27.60, -11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 29.85, 202.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% -0.088 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.093 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6943, 30.8342, 42.7780)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA5AA #AA433E

analogous

#3EAA79 #3EA5AA #3E6FAA

triadic

#3EA5AA #AA3EA5 #A5AA3E

tetradic

#3EA5AA #793EAA #AA433E #6FAA3E

square

#3EA5AA #793EAA #AA433E #6FAA3E

split-complementary

#3EA5AA #AA3E6F #AA793E

monochromatic

#1D4E50 #2E797D #3EA5AA #60C0C5 #8DD2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#3EA5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#3EA5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA5AA

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA5AA	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9EAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.093 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0c3',
    500: '#3ea5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea5aa;
$custom-light: #81c0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.778,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66513,
    "c": 0.09346,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA5AA

secondary

#C08684

accent

#5852D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA5AA

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

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