#3EB9B0#3EB9B0

#3EB9B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.107 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9B0
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 176)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -35.48, -5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 35.89, 188.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.1063 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.107 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1684, 38.8536, 47.1335)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9B0 #B93E47

analogous

#3EB972 #3EB9B0 #3E84B9

triadic

#3EB9B0 #B03EB9 #B9B03E

tetradic

#3EB9B0 #723EB9 #B93E47 #84B93E

square

#3EB9B0 #723EB9 #B93E47 #84B93E

split-complementary

#3EB9B0 #B93E84 #B9723E

monochromatic

#1F5D59 #2F8B84 #3EB9B0 #68CCC5 #96DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3EB9B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#3EB9B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9B0

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9B0	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.107 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cec7',
    500: '#3eb9b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9b0;
$custom-light: #83cec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.61,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7166,
    "c": 0.10738,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9B0

secondary

#C78C90

accent

#4E59D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9B0

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

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