#3EB5C2#3EB5C2

#3EB5C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.105 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5C2
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 194)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 6.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -28.39, -16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 32.71, 209.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0944 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.105 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2439, 37.9637, 56.8677)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5C2 #C24B3E

analogous

#3EC28D #3EB5C2 #3E73C2

triadic

#3EB5C2 #C23EB5 #B5C23E

tetradic

#3EB5C2 #8D3EC2 #C24B3E #73C23E

square

#3EB5C2 #8D3EC2 #C24B3E #73C23E

split-complementary

#3EB5C2 #C23E73 #C28D3E

monochromatic

#205F66 #2F8A94 #3EB5C2 #6DC7D1 #9BD9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3EB5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#3EB5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5C2

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5C2	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A0C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.105 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbd4',
    500: '#3eb5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5c2;
$custom-light: #85cbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.909,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71317,
    "c": 0.10462,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5C2

secondary

#CB9690

accent

#5A4CDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5C2

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

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