#3E9488#3E9488

#3E9488 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.085 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9488
RGB	rgb(62, 148, 136)
HSL	hsl(172, 41%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 8.1%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -28.82, -1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 28.86, 182.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% -0.0846 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.085 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0185, 23.9798, 27.0195)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9488 #943E4A

analogous

#3E945D #3E9488 #3E7594

triadic

#3E9488 #883E94 #94883E

tetradic

#3E9488 #5D3E94 #943E4A #75943E

square

#3E9488 #5D3E94 #943E4A #75943E

split-complementary

#3E9488 #943E75 #945D3E

monochromatic

#1A3E39 #2C6960 #3E9488 #57B8AB #82CBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#3E9488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#3E9488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9488

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9488	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 148, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.085 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb4aa',
    500: '#3e9488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9488;
$custom-light: #7cb4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.628,
    "s": 40.952,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61071,
    "c": 0.08471,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9488

secondary

#B57981

accent

#5768D1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9488

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

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