#3E997A#3E997A

#3E997A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.099 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E997A
RGB	rgb(62, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(160, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(160, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 20.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, -34.76, 8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 35.74, 166.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.097 0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.099 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8890, 25.2101, 22.3846)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E997A #993E5D

analogous

#3E994C #3E997A #3E8B99

triadic

#3E997A #7A3E99 #997A3E

tetradic

#3E997A #4C3E99 #993E5D #8B993E

square

#3E997A #4C3E99 #993E5D #8B993E

split-complementary

#3E997A #993E8B #994C3E

monochromatic

#1B4235 #2C6D57 #3E997A #59BC9A #84CDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#3E997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#3E997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E997A

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E997A	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)

#968F78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88867C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#049A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.099 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7a0',
    500: '#3e997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e997a;
$custom-light: #7cb7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.56,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61935,
    "c": 0.09929,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E997A

secondary

#B87B90

accent

#5680D2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#0A110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E997A

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

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