#3EB9CE#3EB9CE

#3EB9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.109 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9CE
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -26.73, -20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 33.64, 217.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0935 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.109 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4714, 40.1748, 64.5291)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9CE #CE533E

analogous

#3ECE9B #3EB9CE #3E71CE

triadic

#3EB9CE #CE3EB9 #B9CE3E

tetradic

#3EB9CE #9B3ECE #CE533E #71CE3E

square

#3EB9CE #9B3ECE #CE533E #71CE3E

split-complementary

#3EB9CE #CE3E71 #CE9B3E

monochromatic

#1D6774 #2A93A5 #3EB9CE #6FCBDA #A0DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#3EB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#3EB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9CE

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9CE	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.109 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cedd',
    500: '#3eb9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9ce;
$custom-light: #86cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.75,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72742,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9CE

secondary

#D39E95

accent

#5C45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9CE

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

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