#3EB5C7#3EB5C7

#3EB5C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.106 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5C7
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 199)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -26.88, -18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 32.77, 214.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0923 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.106 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8149, 38.1921, 59.8749)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5C7 #C7503E

analogous

#3EC794 #3EB5C7 #3E70C7

triadic

#3EB5C7 #C73EB5 #B5C73E

tetradic

#3EB5C7 #943EC7 #C7503E #70C73E

square

#3EB5C7 #943EC7 #C7503E #70C73E

split-complementary

#3EB5C7 #C73E70 #C7943E

monochromatic

#1F616B #2D8C9B #3EB5C7 #6DC7D5 #9DD9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3EB5C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#3EB5C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5C7

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5C7	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.106 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbd8',
    500: '#3eb5c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5c7;
$custom-light: #85cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.883,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71508,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5C7

secondary

#CF9A92

accent

#5D49DE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5C7

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

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