#3E97A2#3E97A2

#3E97A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.085 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E97A2
RGB	rgb(62, 151, 162)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -22.90, -13.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 26.68, 210.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.0763 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.085 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5721, 25.7640, 38.1169)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E97A2 #A2493E

analogous

#3EA27B #3E97A2 #3E65A2

triadic

#3E97A2 #A23E97 #97A23E

tetradic

#3E97A2 #7B3EA2 #A2493E #65A23E

square

#3E97A2 #7B3EA2 #A2493E #65A23E

split-complementary

#3E97A2 #A23E65 #A27B3E

monochromatic

#1C4449 #2D6E76 #3E97A2 #5CB6C1 #89CAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#3E97A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#3E97A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E97A2

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E97A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E97A2	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B91A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C86A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e97a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 151, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.085 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb6bd',
    500: '#3e97a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e97a2;
$custom-light: #7eb6bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e97a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.6,
    "s": 44.643,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6275,
    "c": 0.08519,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E97A2

secondary

#BC8680

accent

#6253D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E97A2

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