#3EB9BC#3EB9BC

#3EB9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9BC
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -32.09, -11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 34.07, 199.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.101 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.106 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4086, 39.3497, 53.6652)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9BC #BC413E

analogous

#3EBC80 #3EB9BC #3E7ABC

triadic

#3EB9BC #BC3EB9 #B9BC3E

tetradic

#3EB9BC #803EBC #BC413E #7ABC3E

square

#3EB9BC #803EBC #BC413E #7ABC3E

split-complementary

#3EB9BC #BC3E7A #BC803E

monochromatic

#205E60 #2F8C8E #3EB9BC #6ACBCE #98DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3EB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#3EB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9BC

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9BC	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ced0',
    500: '#3eb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9bc;
$custom-light: #84ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.429,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7207,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9BC

secondary

#C98F8D

accent

#514EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9BC

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

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