#3EB8A6#3EB8A6

#3EB8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.110 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB8A6
RGB	rgb(62, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(171, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -37.73, -0.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 37.74, 181.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.1098 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.11 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0068, 38.0554, 42.0438)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB8A6 #B83E50

analogous

#3EB869 #3EB8A6 #3E8DB8

triadic

#3EB8A6 #A63EB8 #B8A63E

tetradic

#3EB8A6 #693EB8 #B83E50 #8DB83E

square

#3EB8A6 #693EB8 #B83E50 #8DB83E

split-complementary

#3EB8A6 #B83E8D #B8693E

monochromatic

#1F5C53 #2F8A7D #3EB8A6 #67CCBD #95DBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3EB8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#3EB8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB8A6

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB8A6	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0ADA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.110 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cec0',
    500: '#3eb8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb8a6;
$custom-light: #83cec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.148,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71093,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB8A6

secondary

#C78B94

accent

#4F63D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB8A6

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

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