#3E8D8A#3E8D8A

#3E8D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.077 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8D8A
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 39%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(178, 56%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, -24.78, -5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 25.44, 193.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% -0.0756 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.077 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0970, 21.9073, 27.4201)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8D8A #8D3E41

analogous

#3E8D63 #3E8D8A #3E688D

triadic

#3E8D8A #8A3E8D #8D8A3E

tetradic

#3E8D8A #633E8D #8D3E41 #688D3E

square

#3E8D8A #633E8D #8D3E41 #688D3E

split-complementary

#3E8D8A #8D3E68 #8D633E

monochromatic

#193837 #2B6260 #3E8D8A #54B4B0 #7FC7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#3E8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#3E8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8D8A

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8D8A	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.077 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7baeac',
    500: '#3e8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8d8a;
$custom-light: #7baeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.722,
    "s": 38.916,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59359,
    "c": 0.07728,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8D8A

secondary

#B17678

accent

#595DCF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8D8A

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

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