#3E997E#3E997E

#3E997E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.096 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E997E
RGB	rgb(62, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(162, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(162, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, -33.79, 6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 34.35, 169.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.095 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.096 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1419, 25.3113, 23.7168)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E997E #993E59

analogous

#3E9951 #3E997E #3E8799

triadic

#3E997E #7E3E99 #997E3E

tetradic

#3E997E #513E99 #993E59 #87993E

square

#3E997E #513E99 #993E59 #87993E

split-complementary

#3E997E #993E87 #99513E

monochromatic

#1B4236 #2C6D5A #3E997E #59BC9E #84CDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#3E997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#3E997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E997E

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E997E	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	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)

#958F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.096 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7a3',
    500: '#3e997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e997e;
$custom-light: #7cb7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.198,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62047,
    "c": 0.09635,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E997E

secondary

#B87B8D

accent

#567BD2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F3

border

#C9D0CD

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E997E

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

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