#3A9E8F#3A9E8F

#3A9E8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.095 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9E8F
RGB	rgb(58, 158, 143)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 9.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -32.51, -0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 32.52, 181.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0948 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.095 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9274, 27.3344, 30.2598)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9E8F #9E3A49

analogous

#3A9E5D #3A9E8F #3A7B9E

triadic

#3A9E8F #8F3A9E #9E8F3A

tetradic

#3A9E8F #5D3A9E #9E3A49 #7B9E3A

square

#3A9E8F #5D3A9E #9E3A49 #7B9E3A

split-complementary

#3A9E8F #9E3A7B #9E5D3A

monochromatic

#19443E #2A7166 #3A9E8F #55C0B0 #81D1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#3A9E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#3A9E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9E8F

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9E8F	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 158, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.095 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbbaf',
    500: '#3a9e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9e8f;
$custom-light: #7cbbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 46.296,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63713,
    "c": 0.09482,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9E8F

secondary

#BB7983

accent

#5266D6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9E8F

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

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