#3EB5CC#3EB5CC

#3EB5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.108 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5CC
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -25.35, -21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 33.07, 219.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0903 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.108 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4050, 38.4281, 62.9827)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5CC #CC553E

analogous

#3ECC9C #3EB5CC #3E6ECC

triadic

#3EB5CC #CC3EB5 #B5CC3E

tetradic

#3EB5CC #9C3ECC #CC553E #6ECC3E

square

#3EB5CC #9C3ECC #CC553E #6ECC3E

split-complementary

#3EB5CC #CC3E6E #CC9C3E

monochromatic

#1E6472 #2B8FA2 #3EB5CC #6EC8D9 #9FDAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3EB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#3EB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5CC

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5CC	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.108 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbdb',
    500: '#3eb5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5cc;
$custom-light: #86cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.718,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71705,
    "c": 0.10793,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5CC

secondary

#D29E94

accent

#5F46E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5CC

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

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