#3EC8C4#3EC8C4

#3EC8C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.115 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EC8C4
RGB	rgb(62, 200, 196)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 2%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -36.85, -8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 37.87, 193.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.1127 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.115 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6001, 46.3144, 59.4353)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EC8C4 #C83E42

analogous

#3EC87F #3EC8C4 #3E87C8

triadic

#3EC8C4 #C43EC8 #C8C43E

tetradic

#3EC8C4 #7F3EC8 #C83E42 #87C83E

square

#3EC8C4 #7F3EC8 #C83E42 #87C83E

split-complementary

#3EC8C4 #C83E87 #C87F3E

monochromatic

#1F6D6A #2D9C99 #3EC8C4 #6ED6D3 #9DE3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#3EC8C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#3EC8C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EC8C4

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EC8C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EC8C4	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ec8c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 200, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.115 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9d5',
    500: '#3ec8c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ec8c4;
$custom-light: #87d9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ec8c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.261,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75998,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EC8C4

secondary

#CF9294

accent

#494DDF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EC8C4

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

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