#3A9E98#3A9E98

#3A9E98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.092 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9E98
RGB	rgb(58, 158, 152)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 3.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, -30.03, -5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 30.52, 190.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0906 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.092 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6367, 27.6181, 33.9956)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9E98 #9E3A40

analogous

#3A9E66 #3A9E98 #3A729E

triadic

#3A9E98 #983A9E #9E983A

tetradic

#3A9E98 #663A9E #9E3A40 #729E3A

square

#3A9E98 #663A9E #9E3A40 #729E3A

split-complementary

#3A9E98 #9E3A72 #9E663A

monochromatic

#194442 #2A716D #3A9E98 #55C0BA #81D1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#3A9E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#3A9E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9E98

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9E98	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 158, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.092 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbbb6',
    500: '#3a9e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9e98;
$custom-light: #7dbbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.4,
    "s": 46.296,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6401,
    "c": 0.09189,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9E98

secondary

#BB797D

accent

#525AD6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9E98

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

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