#3EA5B4#3EA5B4

#3EA5B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.095 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA5B4
RGB	rgb(62, 165, 180)
HSL	hsl(188, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 8.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -24.62, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 29.62, 213.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.0837 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.095 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6765, 31.2271, 47.9508)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA5B4 #B44D3E

analogous

#3EB488 #3EA5B4 #3E6AB4

triadic

#3EA5B4 #B43EA5 #A5B43E

tetradic

#3EA5B4 #883EB4 #B44D3E #6AB43E

square

#3EA5B4 #883EB4 #B44D3E #6AB43E

split-complementary

#3EA5B4 #B43E6A #B4883E

monochromatic

#1F5259 #2E7B86 #3EA5B4 #65BDCA #93D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#3EA5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#3EA5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA5B4

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA5B4	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8692B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 165, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.095 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0ca',
    500: '#3ea5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea5b4;
$custom-light: #82c0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.627,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6689,
    "c": 0.09539,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA5B4

secondary

#C59089

accent

#614FD8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA5B4

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

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