#3A9E99#3A9E99

#3A9E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.092 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9E99
RGB	rgb(58, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -29.75, -5.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 30.34, 191.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0902 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.092 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7190, 27.6510, 34.4288)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9E99 #9E3A3F

analogous

#3A9E67 #3A9E99 #3A719E

triadic

#3A9E99 #993A9E #9E993A

tetradic

#3A9E99 #673A9E #9E3A3F #719E3A

square

#3A9E99 #673A9E #9E3A3F #719E3A

split-complementary

#3A9E99 #9E3A71 #9E673A

monochromatic

#194442 #2A716E #3A9E99 #55C0BB #81D1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#3A9E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#3A9E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9E99

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9E99	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.092 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbbb7',
    500: '#3a9e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9e99;
$custom-light: #7dbbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 46.296,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64044,
    "c": 0.09168,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9E99

secondary

#BB797C

accent

#5258D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9E99

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

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