#3EB4C8#3EB4C8

#3EB4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB4C8
RGB	rgb(62, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -26.07, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 32.68, 217.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0909 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.106 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7288, 37.8335, 60.4209)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB4C8 #C8523E

analogous

#3EC897 #3EB4C8 #3E6FC8

triadic

#3EB4C8 #C83EB4 #B4C83E

tetradic

#3EB4C8 #973EC8 #C8523E #6FC83E

square

#3EB4C8 #973EC8 #C8523E #6FC83E

split-complementary

#3EB4C8 #C83E6F #C8973E

monochromatic

#1F616D #2D8C9C #3EB4C8 #6EC7D6 #9DD9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3EB4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#3EB4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB4C8

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB4C8	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cad8',
    500: '#3eb4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb4c8;
$custom-light: #85cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.696,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71307,
    "c": 0.10615,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB4C8

secondary

#CF9B92

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB4C8

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

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