#3E998F#3E998F

#3E998F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.087 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E998F
RGB	rgb(62, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -29.36, -2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 29.50, 185.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.087 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.087 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3336, 25.7879, 29.9927)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E998F #993E48

analogous

#3E9962 #3E998F #3E7599

triadic

#3E998F #8F3E99 #998F3E

tetradic

#3E998F #623E99 #993E48 #75993E

square

#3E998F #623E99 #993E48 #75993E

split-complementary

#3E998F #993E75 #99623E

monochromatic

#1B423E #2C6D66 #3E998F #59BCB1 #84CDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#3E998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#3E998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E998F

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E998F	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.087 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db7af',
    500: '#3e998f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e998f;
$custom-light: #7db7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.407,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62571,
    "c": 0.08738,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E998F

secondary

#B87B82

accent

#5663D2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E998F

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

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