#3EB9AA#3EB9AA

#3EB9AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9AA
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 170)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -37.12, -2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 37.19, 183.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.109 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.109 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5879, 38.6214, 44.0758)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9AA #B93E4D

analogous

#3EB96C #3EB9AA #3E8AB9

triadic

#3EB9AA #AA3EB9 #B9AA3E

tetradic

#3EB9AA #6C3EB9 #B93E4D #8AB93E

square

#3EB9AA #6C3EB9 #B93E4D #8AB93E

split-complementary

#3EB9AA #B93E8A #B96C3E

monochromatic

#1F5D56 #2F8B80 #3EB9AA #68CCC0 #96DCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3EB9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#3EB9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9AA

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9AA	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cec3',
    500: '#3eb9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9aa;
$custom-light: #83cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.683,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71466,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9AA

secondary

#C78C93

accent

#4E5FD9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9AA

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

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