#3E8B99#3E8B99

#3E8B99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.078 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8B99
RGB	rgb(62, 139, 153)
HSL	hsl(189, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, -19.34, -14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 24.23, 217.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% -0.0667 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.078 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9667, 21.7876, 33.4421)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8B99 #994C3E

analogous

#3E997A #3E8B99 #3E5D99

triadic

#3E8B99 #993E8B #8B993E

tetradic

#3E8B99 #7A3E99 #994C3E #5D993E

square

#3E8B99 #7A3E99 #994C3E #5D993E

split-complementary

#3E8B99 #993E5D #997A3E

monochromatic

#1B3C42 #2C636D #3E8B99 #59ACBC #84C2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#3E8B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#3E8B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8B99

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8B99	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 139, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.078 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadb7',
    500: '#3e8b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8b99;
$custom-light: #7dadb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59421,
    "c": 0.07801,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8B99

secondary

#B8857B

accent

#6956D2

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8B99

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

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