#3EB5CA#3EB5CA

#3EB5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.107 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5CA
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -25.96, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 32.92, 217.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0911 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.107 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1666, 38.3328, 61.7275)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5CA #CA533E

analogous

#3ECA99 #3EB5CA #3E6FCA

triadic

#3EB5CA #CA3EB5 #B5CA3E

tetradic

#3EB5CA #993ECA #CA533E #6FCA3E

square

#3EB5CA #993ECA #CA533E #6FCA3E

split-complementary

#3EB5CA #CA3E6F #CA993E

monochromatic

#1F636F #2C8E9F #3EB5CA #6EC7D7 #9EDAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3EB5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#3EB5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5CA

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5CA	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.107 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbda',
    500: '#3eb5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5ca;
$custom-light: #85cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71626,
    "c": 0.10711,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5CA

secondary

#D19C93

accent

#5F48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5CA

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

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