#3EB5B2#3EB5B2

#3EB5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.104 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5B2
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 178)
HSL	hsl(178, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -33.05, -8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 34.04, 193.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.1013 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.104 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5427, 37.2833, 47.9084)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5B2 #B53E41

analogous

#3EB576 #3EB5B2 #3E7DB5

triadic

#3EB5B2 #B23EB5 #B5B23E

tetradic

#3EB5B2 #763EB5 #B53E41 #7DB53E

square

#3EB5B2 #763EB5 #B53E41 #7DB53E

split-complementary

#3EB5B2 #B53E7D #B5763E

monochromatic

#1F5A58 #2E8785 #3EB5B2 #66CAC8 #93DAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#3EB5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#3EB5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5B2

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5B2	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAACB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.104 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbc9',
    500: '#3eb5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5b2;
$custom-light: #83cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.487,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70741,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5B2

secondary

#C5898B

accent

#4F53D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5B2

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

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