#3EC5D8#3EC5D8

#3EC5D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.115 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EC5D8
RGB	rgb(62, 197, 216)
HSL	hsl(187, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -29.60, -19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 35.70, 213.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.1013 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.115 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3422, 45.9105, 72.0041)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EC5D8 #D8513E

analogous

#3ED89E #3EC5D8 #3E78D8

triadic

#3EC5D8 #D83EC5 #C5D83E

tetradic

#3EC5D8 #9E3ED8 #D8513E #78D83E

square

#3EC5D8 #9E3ED8 #D8513E #78D83E

split-complementary

#3EC5D8 #D83E78 #D89E3E

monochromatic

#1A7581 #24A3B4 #3EC5D8 #71D4E2 #A4E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#3EC5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#3EC5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EC5D8

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EC5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EC5D8	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ec5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 197, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.115 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7e4',
    500: '#3ec5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ec5d8;
$custom-light: #89d7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ec5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.403,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75995,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EC5D8

secondary

#D9A098

accent

#543EE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EC5D8

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

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