#3EB9CC#3EB9CC

#3EB9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.109 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9CC
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -27.34, -19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 33.54, 215.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0943 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.109 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2300, 40.0782, 63.2577)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9CC #CC513E

analogous

#3ECC98 #3EB9CC #3E72CC

triadic

#3EB9CC #CC3EB9 #B9CC3E

tetradic

#3EB9CC #983ECC #CC513E #72CC3E

square

#3EB9CC #983ECC #CC513E #72CC3E

split-complementary

#3EB9CC #CC3E72 #CC983E

monochromatic

#1E6672 #2B92A2 #3EB9CC #6ECBD9 #9FDCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#3EB9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#3EB9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9CC

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9CC	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.109 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cedb',
    500: '#3eb9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9cc;
$custom-light: #86cedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.028,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72664,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9CC

secondary

#D29C94

accent

#5B46E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9CC

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

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