#3EB9BA#3EB9BA

#3EB9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.106 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9BA
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -32.67, -10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 34.29, 197.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.1019 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.106 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1945, 39.2640, 52.5376)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9BA #BA3F3E

analogous

#3EBA7D #3EB9BA #3E7BBA

triadic

#3EB9BA #BA3EB9 #B9BA3E

tetradic

#3EB9BA #7D3EBA #BA3F3E #7BBA3E

square

#3EB9BA #7D3EBA #BA3F3E #7BBA3E

split-complementary

#3EB9BA #BA3E7B #BA7D3E

monochromatic

#1F5E5E #2F8B8C #3EB9BA #68CCCD #96DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3EB9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#3EB9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9BA

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9BA	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.106 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cece',
    500: '#3eb9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9ba;
$custom-light: #84cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.484,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71999,
    "c": 0.10592,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9BA

secondary

#C88D8C

accent

#4F4EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9BA

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

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