#3EB9AB#3EB9AB

#3EB9AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9AB
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 171)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -36.85, -2.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 36.96, 184.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.1086 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.109 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6828, 38.6593, 44.5759)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9AB #B93E4C

analogous

#3EB96D #3EB9AB #3E89B9

triadic

#3EB9AB #AB3EB9 #B9AB3E

tetradic

#3EB9AB #6D3EB9 #B93E4C #89B93E

square

#3EB9AB #6D3EB9 #B93E4C #89B93E

split-complementary

#3EB9AB #B93E89 #B96D3E

monochromatic

#1F5D56 #2F8B81 #3EB9AB #68CCC1 #96DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3EB9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#3EB9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9AB

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9AB	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cec3',
    500: '#3eb9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9ab;
$custom-light: #83cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.171,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71498,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9AB

secondary

#C78C92

accent

#4E5ED9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9AB

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

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