#3EB9B2#3EB9B2

#3EB9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.107 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9B2
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -34.93, -6.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 35.51, 190.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.1054 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.107 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3678, 38.9333, 48.1834)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9B2 #B93E45

analogous

#3EB974 #3EB9B2 #3E82B9

triadic

#3EB9B2 #B23EB9 #B9B23E

tetradic

#3EB9B2 #743EB9 #B93E45 #82B93E

square

#3EB9B2 #743EB9 #B93E45 #82B93E

split-complementary

#3EB9B2 #B93E82 #B9743E

monochromatic

#1F5D5A #2F8B86 #3EB9B2 #68CCC7 #96DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3EB9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#3EB9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9B2

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9B2	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.107 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cec9',
    500: '#3eb9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9b2;
$custom-light: #84cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.585,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71726,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9B2

secondary

#C78C8F

accent

#4E56D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9B2

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

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