#3EB8CD#3EB8CD

#3EB8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB8CD
RGB	rgb(62, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -26.54, -20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 33.46, 217.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0929 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.109 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1419, 39.7094, 63.8219)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB8CD #CD533E

analogous

#3ECD9A #3EB8CD #3E71CD

triadic

#3EB8CD #CD3EB8 #B8CD3E

tetradic

#3EB8CD #9A3ECD #CD533E #71CD3E

square

#3EB8CD #9A3ECD #CD533E #71CD3E

split-complementary

#3EB8CD #CD3E71 #CD9A3E

monochromatic

#1E6673 #2A92A3 #3EB8CD #6FCADA #9FDCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3EB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#3EB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB8CD

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB8CD	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cddc',
    500: '#3eb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb8cd;
$custom-light: #86cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.811,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72463,
    "c": 0.10883,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB8CD

secondary

#D39D94

accent

#5D46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB8CD

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

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