#3EB5BE#3EB5BE

#3EB5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.104 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5BE
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -29.58, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 32.83, 205.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0961 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.104 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8007, 37.7864, 54.5336)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5BE #BE473E

analogous

#3EBE87 #3EB5BE #3E75BE

triadic

#3EB5BE #BE3EB5 #B5BE3E

tetradic

#3EB5BE #873EBE #BE473E #75BE3E

square

#3EB5BE #873EBE #BE473E #75BE3E

split-complementary

#3EB5BE #BE3E75 #BE873E

monochromatic

#205D62 #2F8990 #3EB5BE #6BC8CF #99D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3EB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#3EB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5BE

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5BE	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.104 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbd1',
    500: '#3eb5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5be;
$custom-light: #84cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.219,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71168,
    "c": 0.10389,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5BE

secondary

#C9938E

accent

#574EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5BE

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

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