#3E96A4#3E96A4

#3E96A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.085 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E96A4
RGB	rgb(62, 150, 164)
HSL	hsl(188, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 8.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, -21.77, -15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 26.55, 214.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.0743 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.085 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5910, 25.5151, 39.0072)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E96A4 #A44C3E

analogous

#3EA47F #3E96A4 #3E63A4

triadic

#3E96A4 #A43E96 #96A43E

tetradic

#3E96A4 #7F3EA4 #A44C3E #63A43E

square

#3E96A4 #7F3EA4 #A44C3E #63A43E

split-complementary

#3E96A4 #A43E63 #A47F3E

monochromatic

#1C454B #2D6D78 #3E96A4 #5DB4C2 #8AC9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#3E96A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#3E96A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E96A4

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E96A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E96A4	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A91A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A85A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e96a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 150, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.085 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5bf',
    500: '#3e96a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e96a4;
$custom-light: #7fb5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e96a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.235,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62581,
    "c": 0.08544,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E96A4

secondary

#BD8981

accent

#6553D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E96A4

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

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