#3EB5BB#3EB5BB

#3EB5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.104 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5BB
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -30.46, -12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 33.01, 202.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0974 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.104 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4762, 37.6566, 52.8245)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5BB #BB443E

analogous

#3EBB83 #3EB5BB #3E77BB

triadic

#3EB5BB #BB3EB5 #B5BB3E

tetradic

#3EB5BB #833EBB #BB443E #77BB3E

square

#3EB5BB #833EBB #BB443E #77BB3E

split-complementary

#3EB5BB #BB3E77 #BB833E

monochromatic

#205C5F #2F898D #3EB5BB #69C8CD #97D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3EB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#3EB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5BB

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5BB	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.104 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbcf',
    500: '#3eb5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5bb;
$custom-light: #84cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.88,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71058,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5BB

secondary

#C8908D

accent

#554EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5BB

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

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