#3B9EA2#3B9EA2

#3B9EA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.090 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B9EA2
RGB	rgb(59, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -26.97, -10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 28.98, 201.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0856 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.09 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5493, 27.9899, 38.4950)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B9EA2 #A23F3B

analogous

#3BA272 #3B9EA2 #3B6AA2

triadic

#3B9EA2 #A23B9E #9EA23B

tetradic

#3B9EA2 #723BA2 #A23F3B #6AA23B

square

#3B9EA2 #723BA2 #A23F3B #6AA23B

split-complementary

#3B9EA2 #A23B6A #A2723B

monochromatic

#1A4648 #2B7275 #3B9EA2 #58BEC2 #85D0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#3B9EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#3B9EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B9EA2

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B9EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B9EA2	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9397A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b9ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.090 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebbbd',
    500: '#3b9ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b9ea2;
$custom-light: #7ebbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b9ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.33,
    "s": 46.606,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64394,
    "c": 0.09048,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B9EA2

secondary

#BD7F7C

accent

#5752D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B9EA2

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

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