#3EA8A6#3EA8A6

#3EA8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.096 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA8A6
RGB	rgb(62, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, -30.22, -7.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 31.25, 194.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.0929 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.096 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8691, 31.7801, 40.9979)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA8A6 #A83E40

analogous

#3EA871 #3EA8A6 #3E75A8

triadic

#3EA8A6 #A63EA8 #A8A63E

tetradic

#3EA8A6 #713EA8 #A83E40 #75A83E

square

#3EA8A6 #713EA8 #A83E40 #75A83E

split-complementary

#3EA8A6 #A83E75 #A8713E

monochromatic

#1D4F4E #2E7B7A #3EA8A6 #5FC4C2 #8CD5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#3EA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#3EA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA8A6

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA8A6	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D94A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.096 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2c0',
    500: '#3ea8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea8a6;
$custom-light: #81c2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.868,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67113,
    "c": 0.09553,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA8A6

secondary

#BF8384

accent

#5255D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA8A6

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

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