#3E989E#3E989E

#3E989E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.085 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E989E
RGB	rgb(62, 152, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -24.60, -11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 27.01, 204.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0791 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.085 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3838, 25.9472, 36.3279)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E989E #9E443E

analogous

#3E9E74 #3E989E #3E689E

triadic

#3E989E #9E3E98 #989E3E

tetradic

#3E989E #743E9E #9E443E #689E3E

square

#3E989E #743E9E #9E443E #689E3E

split-complementary

#3E989E #9E3E68 #9E743E

monochromatic

#1C4346 #2D6E72 #3E989E #5BB8BF #87CBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#3E989E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#3E989E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E989E

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E989E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E989E	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D929F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E879E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e989e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 152, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.085 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb6ba',
    500: '#3e989e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e989e;
$custom-light: #7eb6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e989e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62847,
    "c": 0.08492,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E989E

secondary

#BA817E

accent

#5C54D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E989E

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

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