#3A9C8F#3A9C8F

#3A9C8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.093 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9C8F
RGB	rgb(58, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -31.56, -1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 31.61, 182.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% -0.0926 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.093 183)
XYZ	xyz(18.5890, 26.6577, 30.1471)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9C8F #9C3A47

analogous

#3A9C5E #3A9C8F #3A789C

triadic

#3A9C8F #8F3A9C #9C8F3A

tetradic

#3A9C8F #5E3A9C #9C3A47 #789C3A

square

#3A9C8F #5E3A9C #9C3A47 #789C3A

split-complementary

#3A9C8F #9C3A78 #9C5E3A

monochromatic

#19433D #296F66 #3A9C8F #54BFB1 #80D0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#3A9C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#3A9C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9C8F

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9C8F	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.093 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb9af',
    500: '#3a9c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9c8f;
$custom-light: #7cb9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.041,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63204,
    "c": 0.09273,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.2666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9C8F

secondary

#BA7881

accent

#5264D5

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9C8F

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

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