#3EB5B7#3EB5B7

#3EB5B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.103 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5B7
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 183)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -31.62, -10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 33.38, 198.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0991 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.103 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0539, 37.4877, 50.6006)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5B7 #B7403E

analogous

#3EB77C #3EB5B7 #3E78B7

triadic

#3EB5B7 #B73EB5 #B5B73E

tetradic

#3EB5B7 #7C3EB7 #B7403E #78B73E

square

#3EB5B7 #7C3EB7 #B7403E #78B73E

split-complementary

#3EB5B7 #B73E78 #B77C3E

monochromatic

#1F5B5C #2F8889 #3EB5B7 #67CACB #94DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#3EB5B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#3EB5B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5B7

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5B7	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.103 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbcc',
    500: '#3eb5b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5b7;
$custom-light: #84cbcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.992,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70915,
    "c": 0.10346,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5B7

secondary

#C68B8A

accent

#514FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5B7

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

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