#3E9979#3E9979

#3E9979 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.100 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9979
RGB	rgb(62, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(159, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(159, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, -35.00, 8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 36.10, 165.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.0975 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.1 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8273, 25.1854, 22.0599)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9979 #993E5E

analogous

#3E994B #3E9979 #3E8C99

triadic

#3E9979 #793E99 #99793E

tetradic

#3E9979 #4B3E99 #993E5E #8C993E

square

#3E9979 #4B3E99 #993E5E #8C993E

split-complementary

#3E9979 #993E8C #994B3E

monochromatic

#1B4234 #2C6D57 #3E9979 #59BC99 #84CDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#3E9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#3E9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9979

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9979	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89867B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#069A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.100 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb79f',
    500: '#3e9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9979;
$custom-light: #7cb79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.901,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61908,
    "c": 0.10006,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9979

secondary

#B87B90

accent

#5681D2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#0A110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9979

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

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