#3EB8BC#3EB8BC

#3EB8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.105 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB8BC
RGB	rgb(62, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -31.61, -11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 33.77, 200.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.1 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.105 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2002, 38.9328, 53.5958)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB8BC #BC423E

analogous

#3EBC81 #3EB8BC #3E79BC

triadic

#3EB8BC #BC3EB8 #B8BC3E

tetradic

#3EB8BC #813EBC #BC423E #79BC3E

square

#3EB8BC #813EBC #BC423E #79BC3E

split-complementary

#3EB8BC #BC3E79 #BC813E

monochromatic

#205E60 #2F8B8E #3EB8BC #6ACBCE #98DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3EB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#3EB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB8BC

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB8BC	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.105 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdd0',
    500: '#3eb8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb8bc;
$custom-light: #84cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.905,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71826,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB8BC

secondary

#C98F8D

accent

#524EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB8BC

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

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