#3E9999#3E9999

#3E9999 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.085 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9999
RGB	rgb(62, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(180, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(180, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, -26.56, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 27.76, 196.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0824 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.085 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1251, 26.1045, 34.1616)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9999 #993E3E

analogous

#3E996C #3E9999 #3E6C99

triadic

#3E9999 #993E99 #99993E

tetradic

#3E9999 #6C3E99 #993E3E #6C993E

square

#3E9999 #6C3E99 #993E3E #6C993E

split-complementary

#3E9999 #993E6C #996C3E

monochromatic

#1B4242 #2C6D6D #3E9999 #59BCBC #84CDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#3E9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#3E9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9999

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9999	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81879A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.085 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb7b7',
    500: '#3e9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9999;
$custom-light: #7eb7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62914,
    "c": 0.08543,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9999

secondary

#B87B7B

accent

#5656D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9999

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

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