#3EA8A9#3EA8A9

#3EA8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.095 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA8A9
RGB	rgb(62, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -29.37, -9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 30.86, 197.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0916 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.095 196)
XYZ	xyz(23.1475, 31.8915, 42.4642)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA8A9 #A93F3E

analogous

#3EA975 #3EA8A9 #3E72A9

triadic

#3EA8A9 #A93EA8 #A8A93E

tetradic

#3EA8A9 #753EA9 #A93F3E #72A93E

square

#3EA8A9 #753EA9 #A93F3E #72A93E

split-complementary

#3EA8A9 #A93E72 #A9753E

monochromatic

#1D4F4F #2E7B7C #3EA8A9 #60C4C5 #8CD4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#3EA8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#3EA8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA8A9

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA8A9	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C94AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.095 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2c2',
    500: '#3ea8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea8a9;
$custom-light: #81c2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.561,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67218,
    "c": 0.09532,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.31894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA8A9

secondary

#C08483

accent

#5352D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA8A9

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

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