#3EC5B5#3EC5B5

#3EC5B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.117 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EC5B5
RGB	rgb(62, 197, 181)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 8.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -39.60, -2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 39.68, 183.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.1163 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.117 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2894, 44.2894, 50.6595)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EC5B5 #C53E4E

analogous

#3EC571 #3EC5B5 #3E91C5

triadic

#3EC5B5 #B53EC5 #C5B53E

tetradic

#3EC5B5 #713EC5 #C53E4E #91C53E

square

#3EC5B5 #713EC5 #C53E4E #91C53E

split-complementary

#3EC5B5 #C53E91 #C5713E

monochromatic

#206960 #2E988B #3EC5B5 #6DD3C7 #9CE1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#3EC5B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#3EC5B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EC5B5

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EC5B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EC5B5	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ec5b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 197, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.117 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7cb',
    500: '#3ec5b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ec5b5;
$custom-light: #85d7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ec5b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.889,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74777,
    "c": 0.11657,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EC5B5

secondary

#CD9199

accent

#4B5CDD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EC5B5

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

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