#3E8A96#3E8A96

#3E8A96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.077 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8A96
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(188, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 8%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, -19.72, -13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 23.89, 214.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% -0.0669 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.077 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5779, 21.4015, 32.1055)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8A96 #964A3E

analogous

#3E9676 #3E8A96 #3E5E96

triadic

#3E8A96 #963E8A #8A963E

tetradic

#3E8A96 #763E96 #964A3E #5E963E

square

#3E8A96 #763E96 #964A3E #5E963E

split-complementary

#3E8A96 #963E5E #96763E

monochromatic

#1A3A3F #2C626B #3E8A96 #57ACBA #83C2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#3E8A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#3E8A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8A96

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8A96	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.077 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacb4',
    500: '#3e8a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8a96;
$custom-light: #7cacb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 41.509,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59053,
    "c": 0.07657,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8A96

secondary

#B6827A

accent

#6756D1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8A96

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

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