#3EB8B4#3EB8B4

#3EB8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.106 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB8B4
RGB	rgb(62, 184, 180)
HSL	hsl(178, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -33.90, -7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 34.79, 193.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.1035 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.106 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3616, 38.5973, 49.1792)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB8B4 #B83E42

analogous

#3EB877 #3EB8B4 #3E7FB8

triadic

#3EB8B4 #B43EB8 #B8B43E

tetradic

#3EB8B4 #773EB8 #B83E42 #7FB83E

square

#3EB8B4 #773EB8 #B83E42 #7FB83E

split-complementary

#3EB8B4 #B83E7F #B8773E

monochromatic

#1F5C5A #2F8A87 #3EB8B4 #67CCC9 #95DBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3EB8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#3EB8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB8B4

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB8B4	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 184, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.106 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ceca',
    500: '#3eb8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb8b4;
$custom-light: #84ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.033,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71547,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB8B4

secondary

#C78B8D

accent

#4F53D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB8B4

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

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