#3E97A4#3E97A4

#3E97A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.086 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E97A4
RGB	rgb(62, 151, 164)
HSL	hsl(188, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 7.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -22.29, -14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 26.72, 213.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0754 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.086 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7513, 25.8356, 39.0606)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E97A4 #A44B3E

analogous

#3EA47E #3E97A4 #3E64A4

triadic

#3E97A4 #A43E97 #97A43E

tetradic

#3E97A4 #7E3EA4 #A44B3E #64A43E

square

#3E97A4 #7E3EA4 #A44B3E #64A43E

split-complementary

#3E97A4 #A43E64 #A47E3E

monochromatic

#1C454B #2D6E78 #3E97A4 #5DB5C2 #8AC9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#3E97A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#3E97A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E97A4

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E97A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E97A4	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B86A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e97a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 151, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.086 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb6bf',
    500: '#3e97a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e97a4;
$custom-light: #7fb6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e97a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.647,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62828,
    "c": 0.08577,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E97A4

secondary

#BD8881

accent

#6453D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E97A4

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

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