#3E997C#3E997C

#3E997C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.098 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E997C
RGB	rgb(62, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(161, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(161, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 19%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, -34.28, 7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 35.03, 168.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% -0.096 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.098 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0142, 25.2602, 23.0439)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E997C #993E5B

analogous

#3E994E #3E997C #3E8999

triadic

#3E997C #7C3E99 #997C3E

tetradic

#3E997C #4E3E99 #993E5B #89993E

square

#3E997C #4E3E99 #993E5B #89993E

split-complementary

#3E997C #993E89 #994E3E

monochromatic

#1B4235 #2C6D59 #3E997C #59BC9C #84CDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#3E997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#3E997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E997C

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E997C	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958F7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88867E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.098 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7a1',
    500: '#3e997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e997c;
$custom-light: #7cb7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.879,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6199,
    "c": 0.09779,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E997C

secondary

#B87B8E

accent

#567DD2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E997C

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

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