#3B8D8A#3B8D8A

#3B8D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.079 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8D8A
RGB	rgb(59, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 41%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 58%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, -25.40, -5.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 26.08, 193.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0775 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.079 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9140, 21.8129, 27.4115)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8D8A #8D3B3E

analogous

#3B8D61 #3B8D8A #3B678D

triadic

#3B8D8A #8A3B8D #8D8A3B

tetradic

#3B8D8A #613B8D #8D3B3E #678D3B

square

#3B8D8A #613B8D #8D3B3E #678D3B

split-complementary

#3B8D8A #8D3B67 #8D613B

monochromatic

#173736 #296260 #3B8D8A #50B6B2 #7BC8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#3B8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#3B8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8D8A

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8D8A	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.079 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaeac',
    500: '#3b8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8d8a;
$custom-light: #7aaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.805,
    "s": 41,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5925,
    "c": 0.07924,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8D8A

secondary

#B17375

accent

#575BD1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8D8A

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

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