#3EB9CD#3EB9CD

#3EB9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.109 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9CD
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -27.04, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 33.59, 216.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0939 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.109 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3503, 40.1263, 63.8914)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9CD #CD523E

analogous

#3ECD9A #3EB9CD #3E71CD

triadic

#3EB9CD #CD3EB9 #B9CD3E

tetradic

#3EB9CD #9A3ECD #CD523E #71CD3E

square

#3EB9CD #9A3ECD #CD523E #71CD3E

split-complementary

#3EB9CD #CD3E71 #CD9A3E

monochromatic

#1E6773 #2A93A3 #3EB9CD #6FCBDA #9FDCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#3EB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#3EB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9CD

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9CD	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.109 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cedc',
    500: '#3eb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9cd;
$custom-light: #86cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.392,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72703,
    "c": 0.10903,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9CD

secondary

#D39D94

accent

#5C46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9CD

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

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