#3A9E9B#3A9E9B

#3A9E9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.091 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9E9B
RGB	rgb(58, 158, 155)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, -29.18, -7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 30.01, 193.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0892 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.091 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8855, 27.7177, 35.3060)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9E9B #9E3A3D

analogous

#3A9E69 #3A9E9B #3A6F9E

triadic

#3A9E9B #9B3A9E #9E9B3A

tetradic

#3A9E9B #693A9E #9E3A3D #6F9E3A

square

#3A9E9B #693A9E #9E3A3D #6F9E3A

split-complementary

#3A9E9B #9E3A6F #9E693A

monochromatic

#194443 #2A716F #3A9E9B #55C0BD #81D1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#3A9E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#3A9E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9E9B

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9E9B	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95969B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 158, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.091 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbbb8',
    500: '#3a9e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9e9b;
$custom-light: #7dbbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.2,
    "s": 46.296,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64113,
    "c": 0.09135,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9E9B

secondary

#BB797B

accent

#5256D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9E9B

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

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