#3E4E50#3E4E50

#3E4E50 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.020 H 205.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E4E50
RGB	rgb(62, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(187, 13%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(187, 23%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.92, -5.75, -3.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.92, 6.61, 209.59°)
OKLab	oklab(41.1% -0.0184 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(41.1% 0.02 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1586, 7.0519, 8.6245)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E4E50 #50403E

analogous

#3E5049 #3E4E50 #3E4550

triadic

#3E4E50 #503E4E #4E503E

tetradic

#3E4E50 #493E50 #50403E #45503E

square

#3E4E50 #493E50 #50403E #45503E

split-complementary

#3E4E50 #503E45 #50493E

monochromatic

#0D1111 #232C2E #3E4E50 #597072 #759094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#3E4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#3E4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E4E50

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E4E50	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484A50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.020 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737f81',
    500: '#3e4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e4e50;
$custom-light: #737f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 12.676,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41096,
    "c": 0.02042,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E4E50

secondary

#7F6D6B

accent

#7A72B6

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEEE

border

#C8C9C9

text

#080A0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E4E50

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

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