#3B8A85#3B8A85

#3B8A85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.077 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8A85
RGB	rgb(59, 138, 133)
HSL	hsl(176, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(176, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, -25.30, -4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 25.72, 190.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% -0.0764 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.077 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1239, 20.7987, 25.4033)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8A85 #8A3B40

analogous

#3B8A5D #3B8A85 #3B678A

triadic

#3B8A85 #853B8A #8A853B

tetradic

#3B8A85 #5D3B8A #8A3B40 #678A3B

square

#3B8A85 #5D3B8A #8A3B40 #678A3B

split-complementary

#3B8A85 #8A3B67 #8A5D3B

monochromatic

#163432 #295F5C #3B8A85 #4FB4AD #79C6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#3B8A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#3B8A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8A85

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8A85	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 138, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.077 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aca8',
    500: '#3b8a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8a85;
$custom-light: #79aca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.203,
    "s": 40.102,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5831,
    "c": 0.07747,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8A85

secondary

#AF7175

accent

#585FD0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8A85

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

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