#3EB5A8#3EB5A8

#3EB5A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.106 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3EB5A8
RGBrgb(62, 181, 168)
HSLhsl(173, 49%, 48%)
HSVhsv(173, 66%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 0%, 7.2%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(67.20, -35.82, -3.07)
CIE-LCHlch(67.20, 35.95, 184.90°)
OKLaboklab(70.41% -0.1058 -0.0089)
OKLCHoklch(70.41% 0.106 184.8)
XYZxyz(25.5751, 36.8962, 42.8120)
Luminance0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3EB5A8 #B53E4B
analogous
#3EB56C #3EB5A8 #3E87B5
triadic
#3EB5A8 #A83EB5 #B5A83E
tetradic
#3EB5A8 #6C3EB5 #B53E4B #87B53E
square
#3EB5A8 #6C3EB5 #B53E4B #87B53E
split-complementary
#3EB5A8 #B53E87 #B56C3E
monochromatic
#1F5A53 #2E877E #3EB5A8 #66CABF #93DAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51
#3EB5A8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38
#3EB5A8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5A8
8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3EB5A8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3EB5A81.002.518.388.38
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3821.001.001.00
##0000008.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACABA8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9B9EA9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3eb5a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.106 184.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ccc1',
    500: '#3eb5a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3eb5a8;
$custom-light: #82ccc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3eb5a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.445,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70409,
    "c": 0.10615,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3EB5A8
secondary
#C58990
accent
#4F5ED9
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F9F7
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0C1312
muted
#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5A8

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#3EB5A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva