#3A9E9D#3A9E9D

#3A9E9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.091 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A9E9D
RGB	rgb(58, 158, 157)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -28.60, -8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 29.71, 195.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0883 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.091 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0549, 27.7854, 36.1979)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A9E9D #9E3A3B

analogous

#3A9E6B #3A9E9D #3A6D9E

triadic

#3A9E9D #9D3A9E #9E9D3A

tetradic

#3A9E9D #6B3A9E #9E3A3B #6D9E3A

square

#3A9E9D #6B3A9E #9E3A3B #6D9E3A

split-complementary

#3A9E9D #9E3A6D #9E6B3A

monochromatic

#194444 #2A7171 #3A9E9D #55C0BF #81D1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#3A9E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#3A9E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3A9E9D

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A9E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3A9E9D	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a9e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 158, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.091 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbbb9',
    500: '#3a9e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a9e9d;
$custom-light: #7dbbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a9e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.4,
    "s": 46.296,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64184,
    "c": 0.09113,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A9E9D

secondary

#BB797A

accent

#5253D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A9E9D

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

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