#3B8A86#3B8A86

#3B8A86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.077 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8A86
RGB	rgb(59, 138, 134)
HSL	hsl(177, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(177, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, -25.02, -5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 25.55, 191.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% -0.0759 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.077 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.1933, 20.8265, 25.7689)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8A86 #8A3B3F

analogous

#3B8A5E #3B8A86 #3B668A

triadic

#3B8A86 #863B8A #8A863B

tetradic

#3B8A86 #5E3B8A #8A3B3F #668A3B

square

#3B8A86 #5E3B8A #8A3B3F #668A3B

split-complementary

#3B8A86 #8A3B66 #8A5E3B

monochromatic

#163433 #295F5C #3B8A86 #4FB4AE #79C6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#3B8A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#3B8A86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8A86

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8A86	1.00	4.07	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 138, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.077 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aca9',
    500: '#3b8a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8a86;
$custom-light: #79aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.962,
    "s": 40.102,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58345,
    "c": 0.07727,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8A86

secondary

#AF7174

accent

#585ED0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8A86

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

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