#3E97A5#3E97A5

#3E97A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.086 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E97A5
RGB	rgb(62, 151, 165)
HSL	hsl(188, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 8.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, -21.99, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 26.76, 214.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.075 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.086 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8419, 25.8719, 39.5381)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E97A5 #A54C3E

analogous

#3EA57F #3E97A5 #3E64A5

triadic

#3E97A5 #A53E97 #97A53E

tetradic

#3E97A5 #7F3EA5 #A54C3E #64A53E

square

#3E97A5 #7F3EA5 #A54C3E #64A53E

split-complementary

#3E97A5 #A53E64 #A57F3E

monochromatic

#1D464C #2D6E79 #3E97A5 #5EB5C2 #8AC9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#3E97A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#3E97A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E97A5

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E97A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E97A5	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)

#8A92A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B86A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e97a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 151, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.086 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb6bf',
    500: '#3e97a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e97a5;
$custom-light: #7fb6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e97a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.155,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62867,
    "c": 0.0861,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E97A5

secondary

#BE8981

accent

#6453D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E97A5

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

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