#3EB9B9#3EB9B9

#3EB9B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.106 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9B9
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 185)
HSL	hsl(180, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -32.95, -9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 34.41, 196.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.1023 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.106 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0886, 39.2217, 51.9797)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9B9 #B93E3E

analogous

#3EB97B #3EB9B9 #3E7BB9

triadic

#3EB9B9 #B93EB9 #B9B93E

tetradic

#3EB9B9 #7B3EB9 #B93E3E #7BB93E

square

#3EB9B9 #7B3EB9 #B93E3E #7BB93E

split-complementary

#3EB9B9 #B93E7B #B97B3E

monochromatic

#1F5D5D #2F8B8B #3EB9B9 #68CCCC #96DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3EB9B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#3EB9B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9B9

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9B9	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.106 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cece',
    500: '#3eb9b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9b9;
$custom-light: #84cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71964,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9B9

secondary

#C78C8C

accent

#4E4ED9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9B9

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

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