#3B997F#3B997F

#3B997F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.097 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B997F
RGB	rgb(59, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(163, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(163, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 17%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, -34.15, 5.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 34.59, 170.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.0963 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.097 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0238, 25.2428, 24.0498)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B997F #993B55

analogous

#3B9950 #3B997F #3B8499

triadic

#3B997F #7F3B99 #997F3B

tetradic

#3B997F #503B99 #993B55 #84993B

square

#3B997F #503B99 #993B55 #84993B

split-complementary

#3B997F #993B84 #99503B

monochromatic

#194136 #2A6D5A #3B997F #54BDA0 #80CEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#3B997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#3B997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B997F

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B997F	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.097 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb7a4',
    500: '#3b997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b997f;
$custom-light: #7bb7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.404,
    "s": 44.34,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61976,
    "c": 0.09733,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B997F

secondary

#B8788A

accent

#5477D4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B997F

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

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