#3EC5DC#3EC5DC

#3EC5DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.117 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EC5DC
RGB	rgb(62, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -28.38, -21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 35.86, 217.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0997 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.117 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8656, 46.1198, 74.7608)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EC5DC #DC553E

analogous

#3EDCA4 #3EC5DC #3E76DC

triadic

#3EC5DC #DC3EC5 #C5DC3E

tetradic

#3EC5DC #A43EDC #DC553E #76DC3E

square

#3EC5DC #A43EDC #DC553E #76DC3E

split-complementary

#3EC5DC #DC3E76 #DCA43E

monochromatic

#197787 #22A5BB #3EC5DC #72D5E5 #A6E4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#3EC5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#3EC5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EC5DC

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EC5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EC5DC	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ec5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.117 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7e6',
    500: '#3ec5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ec5dc;
$custom-light: #89d7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ec5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.734,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7615,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EC5DC

secondary

#DCA39A

accent

#553CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EC5DC

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

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