#3EB5B8#3EB5B8

#3EB5B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.103 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5B8
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 184)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -31.33, -11.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 33.28, 199.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0987 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.103 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1584, 37.5295, 51.1507)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5B8 #B8413E

analogous

#3EB87E #3EB5B8 #3E78B8

triadic

#3EB5B8 #B83EB5 #B5B83E

tetradic

#3EB5B8 #7E3EB8 #B8413E #78B83E

square

#3EB5B8 #7E3EB8 #B8413E #78B83E

split-complementary

#3EB5B8 #B83E78 #B87E3E

monochromatic

#1F5B5C #2F888A #3EB5B8 #67C9CC #95DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#3EB5B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#3EB5B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5B8

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5B8	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.103 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbcd',
    500: '#3eb5b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5b8;
$custom-light: #84cbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.475,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70951,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5B8

secondary

#C78C8B

accent

#524FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5B8

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

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