#3EB5BA#3EB5BA

#3EB5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.104 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5BA
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 186)
HSL	hsl(182, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -30.75, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 33.09, 201.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0978 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.104 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3695, 37.6140, 52.2626)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5BA #BA433E

analogous

#3EBA81 #3EB5BA #3E77BA

triadic

#3EB5BA #BA3EB5 #B5BA3E

tetradic

#3EB5BA #813EBA #BA433E #77BA3E

square

#3EB5BA #813EBA #BA433E #77BA3E

split-complementary

#3EB5BA #BA3E77 #BA813E

monochromatic

#1F5C5E #2F888C #3EB5BA #68C9CD #96D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3EB5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#3EB5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5BA

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5BA	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.104 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbce',
    500: '#3eb5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5ba;
$custom-light: #84cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.419,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71022,
    "c": 0.10351,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5BA

secondary

#C88F8C

accent

#544EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5BA

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

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