#3B8F9D#3B8F9D

#3B8F9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.083 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8F9D
RGB	rgb(59, 143, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, -20.80, -14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 25.63, 215.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% -0.0714 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.083 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7094, 23.0072, 35.3993)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8F9D #9D493B

analogous

#3B9D7A #3B8F9D #3B5E9D

triadic

#3B8F9D #9D3B8F #8F9D3B

tetradic

#3B8F9D #7A3B9D #9D493B #5E9D3B

square

#3B8F9D #7A3B9D #9D493B #5E9D3B

split-complementary

#3B8F9D #9D3B5E #9D7A3B

monochromatic

#1A3E44 #2A6671 #3B8F9D #56B0BF #82C5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3B8F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#3B8F9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8F9D

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8F9D	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 143, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.083 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb0ba',
    500: '#3b8f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8f9d;
$custom-light: #7cb0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 45.37,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60467,
    "c": 0.08258,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8F9D

secondary

#BA837A

accent

#6553D5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8F9D

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

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