#3E8D8D#3E8D8D

#3E8D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.077 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8D8D
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 39%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(180, 56%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, -23.93, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 25.03, 197.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% -0.0743 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.077 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3172, 21.9954, 28.5798)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8D8D #8D3E3E

analogous

#3E8D66 #3E8D8D #3E668D

triadic

#3E8D8D #8D3E8D #8D8D3E

tetradic

#3E8D8D #663E8D #8D3E3E #668D3E

square

#3E8D8D #663E8D #8D3E3E #668D3E

split-complementary

#3E8D8D #8D3E66 #8D663E

monochromatic

#193838 #2B6262 #3E8D8D #54B4B4 #7FC7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#3E8D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#3E8D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8D8D

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8D8D	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.077 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caeae',
    500: '#3e8d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8d8d;
$custom-light: #7caeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 38.916,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59466,
    "c": 0.07698,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8D8D

secondary

#B17676

accent

#5959CF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8D8D

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

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