#3B8A76#3B8A76

#3B8A76 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.084 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8A76
RGB	rgb(59, 138, 118)
HSL	hsl(165, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(165, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 0%, 14.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, -29.34, 3.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 29.54, 173.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% -0.0835 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.084 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.1606, 20.4134, 20.3300)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8A76 #8A3B4F

analogous

#3B8A4E #3B8A76 #3B768A

triadic

#3B8A76 #763B8A #8A763B

tetradic

#3B8A76 #4E3B8A #8A3B4F #768A3B

square

#3B8A76 #4E3B8A #8A3B4F #768A3B

split-complementary

#3B8A76 #8A3B76 #8A4E3B

monochromatic

#16342D #295F51 #3B8A76 #4FB49A #79C6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#3B8A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#3B8A76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8A76

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8A76	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 138, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.084 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78ac9d',
    500: '#3b8a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8a76;
$custom-light: #78ac9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.81,
    "s": 40.102,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57822,
    "c": 0.08397,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8A76

secondary

#AF7181

accent

#5876D0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8A76

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

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