#3E9A98#3E9A98

#3E9A98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.086 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9A98
RGB	rgb(62, 154, 152)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -27.34, -7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 28.25, 194.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.084 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.086 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2072, 26.4004, 33.7832)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9A98 #9A3E40

analogous

#3E9A6A #3E9A98 #3E6E9A

triadic

#3E9A98 #983E9A #9A983E

tetradic

#3E9A98 #6A3E9A #9A3E40 #6E9A3E

square

#3E9A98 #6A3E9A #9A3E40 #6E9A3E

split-complementary

#3E9A98 #9A3E6E #9A6A3E

monochromatic

#1B4342 #2C6E6D #3E9A98 #59BCBA #85CECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#3E9A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#3E9A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9A98

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9A98	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 154, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.086 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb8b6',
    500: '#3e9a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9a98;
$custom-light: #7eb8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.696,
    "s": 42.593,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6313,
    "c": 0.08627,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9A98

secondary

#B87C7D

accent

#5558D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9A98

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

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