#3EA8A5#3EA8A5

#3EA8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.096 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA8A5
RGB	rgb(62, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 1.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -30.51, -7.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 31.40, 193.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% -0.0934 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.096 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7778, 31.7435, 40.5167)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA8A5 #A83E41

analogous

#3EA870 #3EA8A5 #3E76A8

triadic

#3EA8A5 #A53EA8 #A8A53E

tetradic

#3EA8A5 #703EA8 #A83E41 #76A83E

square

#3EA8A5 #703EA8 #A83E41 #76A83E

split-complementary

#3EA8A5 #A83E76 #A8703E

monochromatic

#1D4F4D #2E7B79 #3EA8A5 #5FC4C1 #8CD5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#3EA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#3EA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA8A5

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA8A5	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E94A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.096 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2bf',
    500: '#3ea8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea8a5;
$custom-light: #81c2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.302,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67078,
    "c": 0.09566,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA8A5

secondary

#BF8384

accent

#5256D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA8A5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →