#3E8A8B#3E8A8B

#3E8A8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.075 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8A8B
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, -22.96, -7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 24.21, 198.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% -0.0717 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.075 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7333, 21.0637, 27.6576)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8A8B #8B3F3E

analogous

#3E8B66 #3E8A8B #3E648B

triadic

#3E8A8B #8B3E8A #8A8B3E

tetradic

#3E8A8B #663E8B #8B3F3E #648B3E

square

#3E8A8B #663E8B #8B3F3E #648B3E

split-complementary

#3E8A8B #8B3E64 #8B663E

monochromatic

#183636 #2B6061 #3E8A8B #54B1B3 #7EC5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#3E8A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#3E8A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8A8B

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8A8B	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82848B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.075 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacac',
    500: '#3e8a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8a8b;
$custom-light: #7bacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.779,
    "s": 38.308,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58635,
    "c": 0.07475,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8A8B

secondary

#B07675

accent

#5B5ACE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8A8B

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

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