#3EB9AD#3EB9AD

#3EB9AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.108 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9AD
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -36.31, -3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 36.51, 186.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.1077 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.108 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8749, 38.7362, 45.5875)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9AD #B93E4A

analogous

#3EB96F #3EB9AD #3E87B9

triadic

#3EB9AD #AD3EB9 #B9AD3E

tetradic

#3EB9AD #6F3EB9 #B93E4A #87B93E

square

#3EB9AD #6F3EB9 #B93E4A #87B93E

split-complementary

#3EB9AD #B93E87 #B96F3E

monochromatic

#1F5D57 #2F8B82 #3EB9AD #68CCC3 #96DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3EB9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#3EB9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9AD

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9AD	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.108 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cec5',
    500: '#3eb9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9ad;
$custom-light: #83cec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.146,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71562,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9AD

secondary

#C78C91

accent

#4E5CD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9AD

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

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