#3EB9C3#3EB9C3

#3EB9C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9C3
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 195)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 5.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -30.04, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 33.55, 206.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.098 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.106 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1816, 39.6589, 57.7362)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9C3 #C3483E

analogous

#3EC38A #3EB9C3 #3E77C3

triadic

#3EB9C3 #C33EB9 #B9C33E

tetradic

#3EB9C3 #8A3EC3 #C3483E #77C33E

square

#3EB9C3 #8A3EC3 #C3483E #77C33E

split-complementary

#3EB9C3 #C33E77 #C38A3E

monochromatic

#206167 #2E8E95 #3EB9C3 #6DCAD2 #9BDBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3EB9C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#3EB9C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9C3

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9C3	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ced5',
    500: '#3eb9c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9c3;
$custom-light: #85ced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.511,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72323,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9C3

secondary

#CC9591

accent

#574CDC

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9C3

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

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