#3A979E#3A979E

#3A979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.087 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A979E
RGB	rgb(58, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, -24.81, -11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 27.48, 205.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0803 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.087 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9804, 25.4994, 36.2627)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A979E #9E413A

analogous

#3A9E73 #3A979E #3A659E

triadic

#3A979E #9E3A97 #979E3A

tetradic

#3A979E #733A9E #9E413A #659E3A

square

#3A979E #733A9E #9E413A #659E3A

split-complementary

#3A979E #9E3A65 #9E733A

monochromatic

#194144 #2A6C71 #3A979E #55B9C0 #81CBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#3A979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#3A979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A979E

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A979E	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.087 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb6ba',
    500: '#3a979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a979e;
$custom-light: #7cb6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.2,
    "s": 46.296,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62468,
    "c": 0.08672,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A979E

secondary

#BB7E79

accent

#5B52D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A979E

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

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