#3E797A#3E797A

#3E797A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.062 H 196.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E797A
RGB	rgb(62, 121, 122)
HSL	hsl(181, 33%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 49%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 0.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, -18.87, -6.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 19.96, 199.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% -0.0589 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.062 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.3354, 16.1030, 20.8667)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E797A #7A3F3E

analogous

#3E7A5D #3E797A #3E5B7A

triadic

#3E797A #7A3E79 #797A3E

tetradic

#3E797A #5D3E7A #7A3F3E #5B7A3E

square

#3E797A #5D3E7A #7A3F3E #5B7A3E

split-complementary

#3E797A #7A3E5B #7A5D3E

monochromatic

#152929 #295151 #3E797A #53A1A3 #78B9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#3E797A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#3E797A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E797A

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E797A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E797A	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72747A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e797a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 121, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.062 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a0a0',
    500: '#3e797a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e797a;
$custom-light: #78a0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e797a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181,
    "s": 32.609,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53694,
    "c": 0.06162,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E797A

secondary

#A5706F

accent

#615FC9

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#090E0E

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E797A

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

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