#3EB8B2#3EB8B2

#3EB8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.106 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB8B2
RGB	rgb(62, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -34.46, -6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 35.13, 191.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.1044 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.106 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1593, 38.5164, 48.1139)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB8B2 #B83E44

analogous

#3EB875 #3EB8B2 #3E81B8

triadic

#3EB8B2 #B23EB8 #B8B23E

tetradic

#3EB8B2 #753EB8 #B83E44 #81B83E

square

#3EB8B2 #753EB8 #B83E44 #81B83E

split-complementary

#3EB8B2 #B83E81 #B8753E

monochromatic

#1F5C59 #2F8A86 #3EB8B2 #67CCC7 #95DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3EB8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#3EB8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB8B2

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB8B2	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.106 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cec9',
    500: '#3eb8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb8b2;
$custom-light: #84cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.049,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7148,
    "c": 0.10611,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB8B2

secondary

#C78B8E

accent

#4F55D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB8B2

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

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