#3B978A#3B978A

#3B978A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.089 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B978A
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 138)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 8.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -30.34, -1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 30.36, 182.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.0888 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.089 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4556, 24.8962, 27.9254)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B978A #973B48

analogous

#3B975C #3B978A #3B7697

triadic

#3B978A #8A3B97 #978A3B

tetradic

#3B978A #5C3B97 #973B48 #76973B

square

#3B978A #5C3B97 #973B48 #76973B

split-complementary

#3B978A #973B76 #975C3B

monochromatic

#193F3A #2A6B62 #3B978A #53BCAD #7FCDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#3B978A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#3B978A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B978A

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B978A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B978A	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82848B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b978a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.089 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6ac',
    500: '#3b978a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b978a;
$custom-light: #7bb6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b978a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.522,
    "s": 43.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61799,
    "c": 0.08892,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B978A

secondary

#B77780

accent

#5466D4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B978A

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

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