#3A9D8F#3A9D8F

#3A9D8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.094 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9D8F
RGB	rgb(58, 157, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 8.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -32.04, -1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 32.06, 182.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0937 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.094 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7575, 26.9947, 30.2032)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9D8F #9D3A48

analogous

#3A9D5D #3A9D8F #3A7A9D

triadic

#3A9D8F #8F3A9D #9D8F3A

tetradic

#3A9D8F #5D3A9D #9D3A48 #7A9D3A

square

#3A9D8F #5D3A9D #9D3A48 #7A9D3A

split-complementary

#3A9D8F #9D3A7A #9D5D3A

monochromatic

#19443E #297066 #3A9D8F #54C0B1 #81D0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#3A9D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#3A9D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9D8F

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9D8F	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 157, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.094 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbaaf',
    500: '#3a9d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9d8f;
$custom-light: #7cbaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.515,
    "s": 46.047,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63458,
    "c": 0.09376,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9D8F

secondary

#BA7982

accent

#5265D6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9D8F

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

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