#3B997D#3B997D

#3B997D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.099 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B997D
RGB	rgb(59, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(162, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(162, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, -34.65, 6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 35.27, 169.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% -0.0973 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.099 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8947, 25.1912, 23.3701)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B997D #993B57

analogous

#3B994E #3B997D #3B8699

triadic

#3B997D #7D3B99 #997D3B

tetradic

#3B997D #4E3B99 #993B57 #86993B

square

#3B997D #4E3B99 #993B57 #86993B

split-complementary

#3B997D #993B86 #994E3B

monochromatic

#194135 #2A6D59 #3B997D #54BD9E #80CEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#3B997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#3B997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B997D

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B997D	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958F7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87857F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.099 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb7a2',
    500: '#3b997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b997d;
$custom-light: #7bb7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.128,
    "s": 44.34,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61918,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B997D

secondary

#B8788B

accent

#547AD4

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B997D

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

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