#3EC9C8#3EC9C8

#3EC9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.116 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EC9C8
RGB	rgb(62, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -36.19, -10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 37.61, 195.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.1119 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.116 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2938, 46.9637, 61.9426)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EC9C8 #C93E3F

analogous

#3EC983 #3EC9C8 #3E85C9

triadic

#3EC9C8 #C83EC9 #C9C83E

tetradic

#3EC9C8 #833EC9 #C93E3F #85C93E

square

#3EC9C8 #833EC9 #C93E3F #85C93E

split-complementary

#3EC9C8 #C93E85 #C9833E

monochromatic

#1F6E6D #2C9E9D #3EC9C8 #6ED6D6 #9EE4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#3EC9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#3EC9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EC9C8

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EC9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EC9C8	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ec9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.116 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dad8',
    500: '#3ec9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ec9c8;
$custom-light: #87dad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ec9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.568,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76376,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EC9C8

secondary

#D09393

accent

#4849E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EC9C8

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

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