#3E96A2#3E96A2

#3E96A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.085 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E96A2
RGB	rgb(62, 150, 162)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 7.4%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -22.38, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 26.48, 212.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0752 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.085 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4118, 25.4435, 38.0635)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E96A2 #A24A3E

analogous

#3EA27C #3E96A2 #3E64A2

triadic

#3E96A2 #A23E96 #96A23E

tetradic

#3E96A2 #7C3EA2 #A24A3E #64A23E

square

#3E96A2 #7C3EA2 #A24A3E #64A23E

split-complementary

#3E96A2 #A23E64 #A27C3E

monochromatic

#1C4449 #2D6D76 #3E96A2 #5CB5C1 #89C9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#3E96A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#3E96A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E96A2

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E96A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E96A2	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A91A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B85A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e96a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 150, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.085 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb5bd',
    500: '#3e96a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e96a2;
$custom-light: #7eb5bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e96a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 44.643,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62503,
    "c": 0.0848,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E96A2

secondary

#BC8780

accent

#6353D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E96A2

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