#3E979D#3E979D

#3E979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.084 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E979D
RGB	rgb(62, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, -24.39, -11.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 26.79, 204.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.0785 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.084 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1364, 25.5897, 35.8226)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E979D #9D443E

analogous

#3E9D73 #3E979D #3E689D

triadic

#3E979D #9D3E97 #979D3E

tetradic

#3E979D #733E9D #9D443E #689D3E

square

#3E979D #733E9D #9D443E #689D3E

split-complementary

#3E979D #9D3E68 #9D733E

monochromatic

#1B4345 #2D6D71 #3E979D #5AB8BE #86CBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#3E979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#3E979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E979D

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E979D	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C919E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.084 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb6b9',
    500: '#3e979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e979d;
$custom-light: #7eb6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.789,
    "s": 43.379,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62561,
    "c": 0.08424,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E979D

secondary

#BA817D

accent

#5D55D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E979D

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

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