#3E9A99#3E9A99

#3E9A99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.086 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9A99
RGB	rgb(62, 154, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -27.06, -7.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 28.11, 195.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0835 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.086 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2895, 26.4333, 34.2164)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9A99 #9A3E3F

analogous

#3E9A6B #3E9A99 #3E6D9A

triadic

#3E9A99 #993E9A #9A993E

tetradic

#3E9A99 #6B3E9A #9A3E3F #6D9A3E

square

#3E9A99 #6B3E9A #9A3E3F #6D9A3E

split-complementary

#3E9A99 #9A3E6D #9A6B3E

monochromatic

#1B4342 #2C6E6E #3E9A99 #59BCBB #85CECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#3E9A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#3E9A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9A99

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9A99	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 154, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.086 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb8b7',
    500: '#3e9a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9a99;
$custom-light: #7eb8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.348,
    "s": 42.593,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63165,
    "c": 0.08617,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9A99

secondary

#B87C7C

accent

#5557D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9A99

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

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