#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
RGBrgb(62, 181, 196)
HSLhsl(187, 53%, 51%)
HSVhsv(187, 68%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(68.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.06, -27.79, -17.25)
CIE-LCHlch(68.06, 32.70, 211.83°)
OKLaboklab(71.39% -0.0936 -0.0479)
OKLCHoklch(71.39% 0.105 207.1)
XYZxyz(28.4700, 38.0542, 58.0586)
Luminance0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##3EB5C41.002.448.618.61
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6121.001.001.00
##0000008.6121.001.001.00

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

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#3EB5C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva