#3E8A97#3E8A97

#3E8A97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.077 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8A97
RGB	rgb(62, 138, 151)
HSL	hsl(189, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -19.41, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 23.94, 215.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% -0.0664 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.077 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6587, 21.4338, 32.5314)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8A97 #974B3E

analogous

#3E9778 #3E8A97 #3E5E97

triadic

#3E8A97 #973E8A #8A973E

tetradic

#3E8A97 #783E97 #974B3E #5E973E

square

#3E8A97 #783E97 #974B3E #5E973E

split-complementary

#3E8A97 #973E5E #97783E

monochromatic

#1A3B40 #2C626C #3E8A97 #58ACBA #83C2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#3E8A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#3E8A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8A97

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8A97	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 138, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.077 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacb5',
    500: '#3e8a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8a97;
$custom-light: #7cacb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.764,
    "s": 41.784,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59092,
    "c": 0.07692,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8A97

secondary

#B6837A

accent

#6856D2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8A97

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

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