#3A9798#3A9798

#3A9798 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.086 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9798
RGB	rgb(58, 151, 152)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, -26.58, -8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 27.96, 198.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.083 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.086 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4766, 25.2978, 33.6089)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9798 #983B3A

analogous

#3A986A #3A9798 #3A6898

triadic

#3A9798 #983A97 #97983A

tetradic

#3A9798 #6A3A98 #983B3A #68983A

square

#3A9798 #6A3A98 #983B3A #68983A

split-complementary

#3A9798 #983A68 #986A3A

monochromatic

#183F3F #296B6C #3A9798 #52BCBD #7ECDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#3A9798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#3A9798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9798

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9798	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 151, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.086 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb6b6',
    500: '#3a9798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9798;
$custom-light: #7cb6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.638,
    "s": 44.762,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62246,
    "c": 0.08638,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9798

secondary

#B87776

accent

#5553D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9798

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

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