#3E9980#3E9980

#3E9980 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.095 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9980
RGB	rgb(62, 153, 128)
HSL	hsl(164, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(164, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 16.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, -33.29, 5.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 33.68, 171.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0941 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.095 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2723, 25.3634, 24.4033)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9980 #993E57

analogous

#3E9952 #3E9980 #3E8599

triadic

#3E9980 #803E99 #99803E

tetradic

#3E9980 #523E99 #993E57 #85993E

square

#3E9980 #523E99 #993E57 #85993E

split-complementary

#3E9980 #993E85 #99523E

monochromatic

#1B4237 #2C6D5C #3E9980 #59BCA0 #84CDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#3E9980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#3E9980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9980

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9980	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95907F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 153, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.095 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7a4',
    500: '#3e9980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9980;
$custom-light: #7cb7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.516,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62105,
    "c": 0.09498,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9980

secondary

#B87B8C

accent

#5678D2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9980

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

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