#3E9B9D#3E9B9D

#3E9B9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.087 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E9B9D
RGB	rgb(62, 155, 157)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 1.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -26.41, -9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 27.98, 199.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0829 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.087 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7911, 26.8991, 36.0408)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E9B9D #9D403E

analogous

#3E9D6F #3E9B9D #3E6B9D

triadic

#3E9B9D #9D3E9B #9B9D3E

tetradic

#3E9B9D #6F3E9D #9D403E #6B9D3E

square

#3E9B9D #6F3E9D #9D403E #6B9D3E

split-complementary

#3E9B9D #9D3E6B #9D6F3E

monochromatic

#1B4445 #2D7071 #3E9B9D #5ABCBE #86CECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#3E9B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#3E9B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E9B9D

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E9B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E9B9D	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e9b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 155, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.087 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb9b9',
    500: '#3e9b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e9b9d;
$custom-light: #7eb9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e9b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.263,
    "s": 43.379,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63558,
    "c": 0.08673,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E9B9D

secondary

#BA7E7D

accent

#5755D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E9B9D

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

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