#3A9797#3A9797

#3A9797 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.086 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9797
RGB	rgb(58, 151, 151)
HSL	hsl(180, 44%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, -26.87, -8.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 28.08, 196.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.0834 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.086 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3950, 25.2652, 33.1794)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9797 #973A3A

analogous

#3A9768 #3A9797 #3A6897

triadic

#3A9797 #973A97 #97973A

tetradic

#3A9797 #683A97 #973A3A #68973A

square

#3A9797 #683A97 #973A3A #68973A

split-complementary

#3A9797 #973A68 #97683A

monochromatic

#183F3F #296B6B #3A9797 #52BCBC #7ECDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#3A9797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#3A9797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9797

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9797	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 151, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.086 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb6b5',
    500: '#3a9797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9797;
$custom-light: #7cb6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 44.498,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6221,
    "c": 0.08643,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9797

secondary

#B77676

accent

#5454D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9797

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

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