#3E8A85#3E8A85

#3E8A85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.075 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8A85
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 133)
HSL	hsl(176, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(176, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, -24.66, -4.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 25.06, 190.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% -0.0744 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.075 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.3069, 20.8931, 25.4119)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8A85 #8A3E43

analogous

#3E8A5F #3E8A85 #3E698A

triadic

#3E8A85 #853E8A #8A853E

tetradic

#3E8A85 #5F3E8A #8A3E43 #698A3E

square

#3E8A85 #5F3E8A #8A3E43 #698A3E

split-complementary

#3E8A85 #8A3E69 #8A5F3E

monochromatic

#183634 #2B605C #3E8A85 #53B2AC #7EC5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#3E8A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#3E8A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8A85

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8A85	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.075 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7baca8',
    500: '#3e8a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8a85;
$custom-light: #7baca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.053,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58423,
    "c": 0.07546,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8A85

secondary

#AF7579

accent

#5A61CE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8A85

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

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