#3EB9C8#3EB9C8

#3EB9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9C8
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -28.55, -17.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 33.46, 211.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0959 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.107 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7564, 39.8888, 60.7634)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9C8 #C84D3E

analogous

#3EC892 #3EB9C8 #3E74C8

triadic

#3EB9C8 #C83EB9 #B9C83E

tetradic

#3EB9C8 #923EC8 #C84D3E #74C83E

square

#3EB9C8 #923EC8 #C84D3E #74C83E

split-complementary

#3EB9C8 #C83E74 #C8923E

monochromatic

#1F646D #2D909C #3EB9C8 #6ECAD6 #9DDCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3EB9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#3EB9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9C8

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9C8	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ced8',
    500: '#3eb9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9c8;
$custom-light: #86ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.522,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7251,
    "c": 0.10748,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9C8

secondary

#CF9992

accent

#5949DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9C8

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

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