#3EB5B5#3EB5B5

#3EB5B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.104 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5B5
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 181)
HSL	hsl(180, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -32.20, -9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 33.62, 196.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.1 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.104 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8472, 37.4051, 49.5121)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5B5 #B53E3E

analogous

#3EB579 #3EB5B5 #3E79B5

triadic

#3EB5B5 #B53EB5 #B5B53E

tetradic

#3EB5B5 #793EB5 #B53E3E #79B53E

square

#3EB5B5 #793EB5 #B53E3E #79B53E

split-complementary

#3EB5B5 #B53E79 #B5793E

monochromatic

#1F5A5A #2E8787 #3EB5B5 #66CACA #93DADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#3EB5B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#3EB5B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5B5

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5B5	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.104 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbcb',
    500: '#3eb5b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5b5;
$custom-light: #83cbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70845,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5B5

secondary

#C58989

accent

#4F4FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5B5

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

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