#3EB9A2#3EB9A2

#3EB9A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9A2
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 162)
HSL	hsl(169, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 12.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -39.23, 1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 39.27, 177.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.1127 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.113 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8540, 38.3278, 40.2109)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9A2 #B93E55

analogous

#3EB964 #3EB9A2 #3E93B9

triadic

#3EB9A2 #A23EB9 #B9A23E

tetradic

#3EB9A2 #643EB9 #B93E55 #93B93E

square

#3EB9A2 #643EB9 #B93E55 #93B93E

split-complementary

#3EB9A2 #B93E93 #B9643E

monochromatic

#1F5D52 #2F8B7A #3EB9A2 #68CCBA #96DCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3EB9A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#3EB9A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9A2

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9A2	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AEA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cebd',
    500: '#3eb9a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9a2;
$custom-light: #83cebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.78,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71221,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9A2

secondary

#C78C97

accent

#4E68D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9A2

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

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