#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
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 168)
HSL	hsl(173, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 7.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -35.82, -3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 35.95, 184.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.1058 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.106 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5751, 36.8962, 42.8120)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##3EB5A8	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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