#3A9CA0#3A9CA0

#3A9CA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.090 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9CA0
RGB	rgb(58, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -26.74, -10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 28.73, 201.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0849 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.09 199)
XYZ	xyz(19.9758, 27.2124, 37.4506)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9CA0 #A03E3A

analogous

#3AA071 #3A9CA0 #3A69A0

triadic

#3A9CA0 #A03A9C #9CA03A

tetradic

#3A9CA0 #713AA0 #A03E3A #69A03A

square

#3A9CA0 #713AA0 #A03E3A #69A03A

split-complementary

#3A9CA0 #A03A69 #A0713A

monochromatic

#194446 #2A7073 #3A9CA0 #56BDC2 #83CFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#3A9CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#3A9CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9CA0

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9CA0	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9195A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8289A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.090 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db9bc',
    500: '#3a9ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9ca0;
$custom-light: #7db9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.353,
    "s": 46.789,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63791,
    "c": 0.08973,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.27215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9CA0

secondary

#BC7D7A

accent

#5751D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9CA0

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

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