#3EC9CE#3EC9CE

#3EC9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.115 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EC9CE
RGB	rgb(62, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -34.47, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 36.92, 201.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.1094 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.115 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0088, 47.2497, 65.7083)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EC9CE #CE433E

analogous

#3ECE8B #3EC9CE #3E81CE

triadic

#3EC9CE #CE3EC9 #C9CE3E

tetradic

#3EC9CE #8B3ECE #CE433E #81CE3E

square

#3EC9CE #8B3ECE #CE433E #81CE3E

split-complementary

#3EC9CE #CE3E81 #CE8B3E

monochromatic

#1D7174 #2AA1A5 #3EC9CE #6FD7DA #A0E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#3EC9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#3EC9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EC9CE

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EC9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EC9CE	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ec9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.115 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dadc',
    500: '#3ec9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ec9ce;
$custom-light: #88dadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ec9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.083,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76585,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EC9CE

secondary

#D39795

accent

#4B45E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EC9CE

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

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