#3EB9C5#3EB9C5

#3EB9C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.107 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9C5
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -29.45, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 33.49, 208.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0972 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.107 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4092, 39.7499, 58.9351)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9C5 #C54A3E

analogous

#3EC58D #3EB9C5 #3E75C5

triadic

#3EB9C5 #C53EB9 #B9C53E

tetradic

#3EB9C5 #8D3EC5 #C54A3E #75C53E

square

#3EB9C5 #8D3EC5 #C54A3E #75C53E

split-complementary

#3EB9C5 #C53E75 #C58D3E

monochromatic

#206369 #2E8F98 #3EB9C5 #6DCAD3 #9CDBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3EB9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#3EB9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9C5

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9C5	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.107 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ced6',
    500: '#3eb9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9c5;
$custom-light: #85ced6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.333,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72397,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9C5

secondary

#CD9791

accent

#584BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9C5

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

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