#3B978E#3B978E

#3B978E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.087 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B978E
RGB	rgb(59, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(174, 44%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, -29.24, -3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 29.43, 186.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.087 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.087 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7505, 25.0142, 29.4787)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B978E #973B44

analogous

#3B9760 #3B978E #3B7297

triadic

#3B978E #8E3B97 #978E3B

tetradic

#3B978E #603B97 #973B44 #72973B

square

#3B978E #603B97 #973B44 #72973B

split-complementary

#3B978E #973B72 #97603B

monochromatic

#193F3B #2A6B65 #3B978E #53BCB2 #7FCDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#3B978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#3B978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B978E

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B978E	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81858F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.087 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6af',
    500: '#3b978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b978e;
$custom-light: #7bb6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.13,
    "s": 43.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61931,
    "c": 0.08749,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B978E

secondary

#B7777D

accent

#5461D4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B978E

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

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