#3EA9AC#3EA9AC

#3EA9AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.096 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA9AC
RGB	rgb(62, 169, 172)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 1.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -28.99, -10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 30.85, 200.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.0914 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.096 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6177, 32.3760, 44.0262)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA9AC #AC413E

analogous

#3EAC78 #3EA9AC #3E72AC

triadic

#3EA9AC #AC3EA9 #A9AC3E

tetradic

#3EA9AC #783EAC #AC413E #72AC3E

square

#3EA9AC #783EAC #AC413E #72AC3E

split-complementary

#3EA9AC #AC3E72 #AC783E

monochromatic

#1E5152 #2E7D7F #3EA9AC #61C3C6 #8ED4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#3EA9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#3EA9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA9AC

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA9AC	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D95AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 169, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.096 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3c4',
    500: '#3ea9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea9ac;
$custom-light: #81c3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.636,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67573,
    "c": 0.09595,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA9AC

secondary

#C18685

accent

#5551D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA9AC

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

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