#3E978B#3E978B

#3E978B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.087 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E978B
RGB	rgb(62, 151, 139)
HSL	hsl(172, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 7.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, -29.47, -1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 29.52, 183.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.0866 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.087 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7113, 25.0197, 28.3170)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E978B #973E4A

analogous

#3E975F #3E978B #3E7797

triadic

#3E978B #8B3E97 #978B3E

tetradic

#3E978B #5F3E97 #973E4A #77973E

square

#3E978B #5F3E97 #973E4A #77973E

split-complementary

#3E978B #973E77 #975F3E

monochromatic

#1A403B #2C6C63 #3E978B #58BAAD #83CCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#3E978B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#3E978B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E978B

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E978B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E978B	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e978b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 151, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.087 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db6ac',
    500: '#3e978b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e978b;
$custom-light: #7db6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e978b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.91,
    "s": 41.784,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61932,
    "c": 0.08675,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E978B

secondary

#B67A82

accent

#5667D2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E978B

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

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