#3EB5C8#3EB5C8

#3EB5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.106 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5C8
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -26.57, -19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 32.81, 215.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0919 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.106 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9314, 38.2387, 60.4884)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5C8 #C8513E

analogous

#3EC896 #3EB5C8 #3E70C8

triadic

#3EB5C8 #C83EB5 #B5C83E

tetradic

#3EB5C8 #963EC8 #C8513E #70C83E

square

#3EB5C8 #963EC8 #C8513E #70C83E

split-complementary

#3EB5C8 #C83E70 #C8963E

monochromatic

#1F626D #2D8D9C #3EB5C8 #6EC7D6 #9DDAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3EB5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#3EB5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5C8

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5C8	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.106 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbd8',
    500: '#3eb5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5c8;
$custom-light: #85cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.261,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71547,
    "c": 0.10636,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5C8

secondary

#CF9B92

accent

#5E49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5C8

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

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