#3A9CAE#3A9CAE

#3A9CAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.093 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9CAE
RGB	rgb(58, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(189, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -22.49, -17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 28.65, 218.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0789 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.093 212)
XYZ	xyz(21.2702, 27.7301, 44.2677)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9CAE #AE4C3A

analogous

#3AAE86 #3A9CAE #3A62AE

triadic

#3A9CAE #AE3A9C #9CAE3A

tetradic

#3A9CAE #863AAE #AE4C3A #62AE3A

square

#3A9CAE #863AAE #AE4C3A #62AE3A

split-complementary

#3A9CAE #AE3A62 #AE863A

monochromatic

#1B4A52 #2B7380 #3A9CAE #5CB8C9 #8ACCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#3A9CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#3A9CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9CAE

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9CAE	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.093 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb9c6',
    500: '#3a9cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9cae;
$custom-light: #7fb9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.31,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6433,
    "c": 0.09301,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.27732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9CAE

secondary

#C28B81

accent

#644EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9CAE

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

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