#3A9999#3A9999

#3A9999 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.088 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9999
RGB	rgb(58, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(180, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -27.29, -8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 28.51, 196.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.0847 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.088 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8834, 25.9799, 34.1503)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9999 #993A3A

analogous

#3A996A #3A9999 #3A6A99

triadic

#3A9999 #993A99 #99993A

tetradic

#3A9999 #6A3A99 #993A3A #6A993A

square

#3A9999 #6A3A99 #993A3A #6A993A

split-complementary

#3A9999 #993A6A #996A3A

monochromatic

#184040 #296D6D #3A9999 #53BEBE #7FCECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#3A9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#3A9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9999

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9999	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.088 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7b7',
    500: '#3a9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9999;
$custom-light: #7cb7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 45.024,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62785,
    "c": 0.08777,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9999

secondary

#B87777

accent

#5353D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9999

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

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