#3EB8BD#3EB8BD

#3EB8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.105 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB8BD
RGB	rgb(62, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -31.32, -12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 33.68, 201.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0996 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.105 199)
XYZ	xyz(28.3083, 38.9760, 54.1654)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB8BD #BD433E

analogous

#3EBD83 #3EB8BD #3E79BD

triadic

#3EB8BD #BD3EB8 #B8BD3E

tetradic

#3EB8BD #833EBD #BD433E #79BD3E

square

#3EB8BD #833EBD #BD433E #79BD3E

split-complementary

#3EB8BD #BD3E79 #BD833E

monochromatic

#205E61 #2F8B8F #3EB8BD #6ACACE #98DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3EB8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#3EB8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB8BD

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB8BD	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.105 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdd0',
    500: '#3eb8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb8bd;
$custom-light: #84cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.362,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71862,
    "c": 0.10533,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.38979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB8BD

secondary

#C9908E

accent

#534EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB8BD

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

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