#3EB5BC#3EB5BC

#3EB5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.104 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5BC
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -30.17, -13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 32.94, 203.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0969 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.104 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5836, 37.6996, 53.3902)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5BC #BC453E

analogous

#3EBC84 #3EB5BC #3E76BC

triadic

#3EB5BC #BC3EB5 #B5BC3E

tetradic

#3EB5BC #843EBC #BC453E #76BC3E

square

#3EB5BC #843EBC #BC453E #76BC3E

split-complementary

#3EB5BC #BC3E76 #BC843E

monochromatic

#205C60 #2F898E #3EB5BC #6AC8CE #98D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3EB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#3EB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5BC

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5BC	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.104 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbd0',
    500: '#3eb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5bc;
$custom-light: #84cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71095,
    "c": 0.10365,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5BC

secondary

#C9918D

accent

#564EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5BC

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

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