#3EB8A9#3EB8A9

#3EB8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.109 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB8A9
RGB	rgb(62, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -36.93, -2.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 37.00, 183.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.1084 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.109 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2852, 38.1668, 43.5101)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB8A9 #B83E4D

analogous

#3EB86C #3EB8A9 #3E8AB8

triadic

#3EB8A9 #A93EB8 #B8A93E

tetradic

#3EB8A9 #6C3EB8 #B83E4D #8AB83E

square

#3EB8A9 #6C3EB8 #B83E4D #8AB83E

split-complementary

#3EB8A9 #B83E8A #B86C3E

monochromatic

#1F5C55 #2F8A7F #3EB8A9 #67CCC0 #95DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3EB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#3EB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB8A9

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB8A9	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.109 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cec2',
    500: '#3eb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb8a9;
$custom-light: #83cec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.623,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71187,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB8A9

secondary

#C78B92

accent

#4F60D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB8A9

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

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