#3EB8B5#3EB8B5

#3EB8B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.106 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB8B5
RGB	rgb(62, 184, 181)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 1.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -33.62, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 34.64, 193.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1031 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.106 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4638, 38.6382, 49.7176)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB8B5 #B83E41

analogous

#3EB878 #3EB8B5 #3E7EB8

triadic

#3EB8B5 #B53EB8 #B8B53E

tetradic

#3EB8B5 #783EB8 #B83E41 #7EB83E

square

#3EB8B5 #783EB8 #B83E41 #7EB83E

split-complementary

#3EB8B5 #B83E7E #B8783E

monochromatic

#1F5C5B #2F8A88 #3EB8B5 #67CCC9 #95DBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3EB8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#3EB8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB8B5

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB8B5	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 184, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.106 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cecb',
    500: '#3eb8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb8b5;
$custom-light: #84cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.525,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71581,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB8B5

secondary

#C78B8C

accent

#4F52D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB8B5

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

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