#3EB9BF#3EB9BF

#3EB9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.106 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9BF
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -31.22, -12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 33.79, 202.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0997 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.106 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7354, 39.4804, 55.3862)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9BF #BF443E

analogous

#3EBF85 #3EB9BF #3E78BF

triadic

#3EB9BF #BF3EB9 #B9BF3E

tetradic

#3EB9BF #853EBF #BF443E #78BF3E

square

#3EB9BF #853EBF #BF443E #78BF3E

split-complementary

#3EB9BF #BF3E78 #BF853E

monochromatic

#205F63 #2F8C91 #3EB9BF #6BCACF #99DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3EB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#3EB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9BF

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9BF	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.106 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ced2',
    500: '#3eb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9bf;
$custom-light: #85ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.791,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72177,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9BF

secondary

#CA928F

accent

#544DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9BF

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

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