#3E5E56#3E5E56

#3E5E56 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.040 H 177.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E5E56
RGB	rgb(62, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(165, 21%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(165, 34%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 0%, 8.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.30, -13.69, 0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.30, 13.72, 176.43°)
OKLab	oklab(45.45% -0.0398 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(45.45% 0.04 177)
XYZ	xyz(7.6684, 9.7010, 10.2707)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E5E56 #5E3E46

analogous

#3E5E46 #3E5E56 #3E565E

triadic

#3E5E56 #563E5E #5E563E

tetradic

#3E5E56 #463E5E #5E3E46 #565E3E

square

#3E5E56 #463E5E #5E3E46 #565E3E

split-complementary

#3E5E56 #5E3E56 #5E463E

monochromatic

#0D1413 #263934 #3E5E56 #568378 #73A397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#3E5E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#3E5E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E5E56

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E5E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E5E56	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5A56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#355F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e5e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.040 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#748b85',
    500: '#3e5e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e5e56;
$custom-light: #748b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e5e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 20.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45445,
    "c": 0.03982,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.09701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E5E56

secondary

#8E6A73

accent

#6B7FBD

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EDF0EF

border

#C8CBCA

text

#080C0B

muted

#7B7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E5E56

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

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