#3E97A8#3E97A8

#3E97A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.087 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E97A8
RGB	rgb(62, 151, 168)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -21.07, -16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 26.95, 218.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.0738 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.087 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1182, 25.9824, 40.9931)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E97A8 #A84F3E

analogous

#3EA884 #3E97A8 #3E62A8

triadic

#3E97A8 #A83E97 #97A83E

tetradic

#3E97A8 #843EA8 #A84F3E #62A83E

square

#3E97A8 #843EA8 #A84F3E #62A83E

split-complementary

#3E97A8 #A83E62 #A8843E

monochromatic

#1D474F #2E6F7B #3E97A8 #5FB4C4 #8CC9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#3E97A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#3E97A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E97A8

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E97A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E97A8	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A92A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A86A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e97a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 151, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.087 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb5c1',
    500: '#3e97a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e97a8;
$custom-light: #7fb5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e97a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.623,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62987,
    "c": 0.08725,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E97A8

secondary

#BF8C83

accent

#6752D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E97A8

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

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