#3EB9C4#3EB9C4

#3EB9C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.107 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9C4
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 5.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -29.75, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 33.52, 207.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0976 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.107 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2950, 39.7042, 58.3336)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9C4 #C4493E

analogous

#3EC48C #3EB9C4 #3E76C4

triadic

#3EB9C4 #C43EB9 #B9C43E

tetradic

#3EB9C4 #8C3EC4 #C4493E #76C43E

square

#3EB9C4 #8C3EC4 #C4493E #76C43E

split-complementary

#3EB9C4 #C43E76 #C48C3E

monochromatic

#206268 #2E8E97 #3EB9C4 #6DCAD2 #9CDBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3EB9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#3EB9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9C4

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9C4	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.107 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ced5',
    500: '#3eb9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9c4;
$custom-light: #85ced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.925,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7236,
    "c": 0.10661,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9C4

secondary

#CD9691

accent

#574BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9C4

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

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