#3EB5C4#3EB5C4

#3EB5C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.105 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5C4
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 196)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -27.79, -17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 32.70, 211.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0936 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.105 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4700, 38.0542, 58.0586)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5C4 #C44D3E

analogous

#3EC490 #3EB5C4 #3E72C4

triadic

#3EB5C4 #C43EB5 #B5C43E

tetradic

#3EB5C4 #903EC4 #C44D3E #72C43E

square

#3EB5C4 #903EC4 #C44D3E #72C43E

split-complementary

#3EB5C4 #C43E72 #C4903E

monochromatic

#206068 #2E8B97 #3EB5C4 #6DC7D2 #9CD9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3EB5C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#3EB5C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5C4

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5C4	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A0C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.105 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbd5',
    500: '#3eb5c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5c4;
$custom-light: #85cbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.716,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71393,
    "c": 0.10512,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5C4

secondary

#CD9891

accent

#5B4BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5C4

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

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