#3EB9BB#3EB9BB

#3EB9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.106 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9BB
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -32.38, -10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 34.17, 198.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.1015 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.106 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3012, 39.3067, 53.0995)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9BB #BB403E

analogous

#3EBB7F #3EB9BB #3E7BBB

triadic

#3EB9BB #BB3EB9 #B9BB3E

tetradic

#3EB9BB #7F3EBB #BB403E #7BBB3E

square

#3EB9BB #7F3EBB #BB403E #7BBB3E

split-complementary

#3EB9BB #BB3E7B #BB7F3E

monochromatic

#205E5F #2F8C8D #3EB9BB #69CCCD #97DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3EB9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#3EB9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9BB

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9BB	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.106 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cecf',
    500: '#3eb9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9bb;
$custom-light: #84cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.96,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72035,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9BB

secondary

#C88E8D

accent

#504EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9BB

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

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