#3EB5CB#3EB5CB

#3EB5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.108 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5CB
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -25.65, -20.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 32.99, 218.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0907 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.108 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2854, 38.3803, 62.3531)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5CB #CB543E

analogous

#3ECB9B #3EB5CB #3E6ECB

triadic

#3EB5CB #CB3EB5 #B5CB3E

tetradic

#3EB5CB #9B3ECB #CB543E #6ECB3E

square

#3EB5CB #9B3ECB #CB543E #6ECB3E

split-complementary

#3EB5CB #CB3E6E #CB9B3E

monochromatic

#1E6470 #2B8EA1 #3EB5CB #6EC7D8 #9EDAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3EB5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#3EB5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5CB

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5CB	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.108 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbda',
    500: '#3eb5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5cb;
$custom-light: #86cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.362,
    "s": 57.551,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71665,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5CB

secondary

#D19D94

accent

#5F47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5CB

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

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