#3EB9BE#3EB9BE

#3EB9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9BE
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -31.51, -12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 33.88, 201.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.1002 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.106 199)
XYZ	xyz(28.6257, 39.4365, 54.8086)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9BE #BE433E

analogous

#3EBE83 #3EB9BE #3E79BE

triadic

#3EB9BE #BE3EB9 #B9BE3E

tetradic

#3EB9BE #833EBE #BE433E #79BE3E

square

#3EB9BE #833EBE #BE433E #79BE3E

split-complementary

#3EB9BE #BE3E79 #BE833E

monochromatic

#205F62 #2F8C90 #3EB9BE #6BCBCF #99DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3EB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#3EB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9BE

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9BE	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ced1',
    500: '#3eb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9be;
$custom-light: #85ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.344,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72141,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.3944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9BE

secondary

#C9918E

accent

#534EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9BE

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

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