#3EB8C8#3EB8C8

#3EB8C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.107 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB8C8
RGB	rgb(62, 184, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 8%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -28.06, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 33.28, 212.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.095 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.107 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5479, 39.4719, 60.6940)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB8C8 #C84E3E

analogous

#3EC893 #3EB8C8 #3E73C8

triadic

#3EB8C8 #C83EB8 #B8C83E

tetradic

#3EB8C8 #933EC8 #C84E3E #73C83E

square

#3EB8C8 #933EC8 #C84E3E #73C83E

split-complementary

#3EB8C8 #C83E73 #C8933E

monochromatic

#1F646D #2D8F9C #3EB8C8 #6ECAD6 #9DDBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3EB8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#3EB8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB8C8

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB8C8	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 184, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.107 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cdd8',
    500: '#3eb8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb8c8;
$custom-light: #86cdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.957,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7227,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB8C8

secondary

#CF9A92

accent

#5A49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB8C8

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

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