#3EB9CF#3EB9CF

#3EB9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB9CF
RGB	rgb(62, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -26.43, -20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 33.70, 218.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0931 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.11 212)
XYZ	xyz(30.5933, 40.2235, 65.1709)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB9CF #CF543E

analogous

#3ECF9C #3EB9CF #3E71CF

triadic

#3EB9CF #CF3EB9 #B9CF3E

tetradic

#3EB9CF #9C3ECF #CF543E #71CF3E

square

#3EB9CF #9C3ECF #CF543E #71CF3E

split-complementary

#3EB9CF #CF3E71 #CF9C3E

monochromatic

#1D6875 #2993A6 #3EB9CF #6FCBDB #A0DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#3EB9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#3EB9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB9CF

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB9CF	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cedd',
    500: '#3eb9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb9cf;
$custom-light: #86cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.103,
    "s": 60.166,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72782,
    "c": 0.10979,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.40227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB9CF

secondary

#D49F95

accent

#5D44E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB9CF

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

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