#3EB8CC#3EB8CC

#3EB8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.108 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB8CC
RGB	rgb(62, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -26.85, -19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 33.41, 216.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0933 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.108 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0215, 39.6613, 63.1882)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB8CC #CC523E

analogous

#3ECC99 #3EB8CC #3E71CC

triadic

#3EB8CC #CC3EB8 #B8CC3E

tetradic

#3EB8CC #993ECC #CC523E #71CC3E

square

#3EB8CC #993ECC #CC523E #71CC3E

split-complementary

#3EB8CC #CC3E71 #CC993E

monochromatic

#1E6672 #2B91A2 #3EB8CC #6ECAD9 #9FDCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3EB8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#3EB8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB8CC

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB8CC	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.108 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cddb',
    500: '#3eb8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb8cc;
$custom-light: #86cddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.451,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72424,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB8CC

secondary

#D29D94

accent

#5C46E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB8CC

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

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