#3E978C#3E978C

#3E978C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.086 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E978C
RGB	rgb(62, 151, 140)
HSL	hsl(173, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 7.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, -29.20, -2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 29.28, 184.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% -0.0861 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.086 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7847, 25.0490, 28.7035)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E978C #973E49

analogous

#3E9760 #3E978C #3E7697

triadic

#3E978C #8C3E97 #978C3E

tetradic

#3E978C #603E97 #973E49 #76973E

square

#3E978C #603E97 #973E49 #76973E

split-complementary

#3E978C #973E76 #97603E

monochromatic

#1A403C #2C6C64 #3E978C #58BAAE #83CCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#3E978C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#3E978C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E978C

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E978C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E978C	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82858D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e978c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 151, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.086 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db6ad',
    500: '#3e978c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e978c;
$custom-light: #7db6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e978c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.584,
    "s": 41.784,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61965,
    "c": 0.08637,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E978C

secondary

#B67A82

accent

#5665D2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E978C

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

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