#3E9986#3E9986

#3E9986 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.091 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9986
RGB	rgb(62, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(167, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(167, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 12.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -31.76, 1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 31.82, 176.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.0912 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.091 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6789, 25.5261, 26.5450)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9986 #993E51

analogous

#3E9959 #3E9986 #3E7E99

triadic

#3E9986 #863E99 #99863E

tetradic

#3E9986 #593E99 #993E51 #7E993E

square

#3E9986 #593E99 #993E51 #7E993E

split-complementary

#3E9986 #993E7E #99593E

monochromatic

#1B423A #2C6D60 #3E9986 #59BCA7 #84CDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#3E9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#3E9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9986

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9986	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.091 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db7a9',
    500: '#3e9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9986;
$custom-light: #7db7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.473,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62284,
    "c": 0.09134,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9986

secondary

#B87B88

accent

#5670D2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9986

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

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