#3E997D#3E997D

#3E997D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.097 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E997D
RGB	rgb(62, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(162, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(162, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -34.03, 6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 34.69, 168.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% -0.0955 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.097 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0777, 25.2856, 23.3787)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E997D #993E5A

analogous

#3E994F #3E997D #3E8899

triadic

#3E997D #7D3E99 #997D3E

tetradic

#3E997D #4F3E99 #993E5A #88993E

square

#3E997D #4F3E99 #993E5A #88993E

split-complementary

#3E997D #993E88 #994F3E

monochromatic

#1B4236 #2C6D59 #3E997D #59BC9D #84CDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#3E997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#3E997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E997D

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E997D	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958F7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88867F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.097 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7a2',
    500: '#3e997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e997d;
$custom-light: #7cb7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.538,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62019,
    "c": 0.09706,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E997D

secondary

#B87B8E

accent

#567CD2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E997D

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

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