#3EA496#3EA496

#3EA496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.096 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA496
RGB	rgb(62, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 0%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, -32.74, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 32.77, 182.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0959 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.096 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7646, 29.7749, 33.5011)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA496 #A43E4C

analogous

#3EA463 #3EA496 #3E7FA4

triadic

#3EA496 #963EA4 #A4963E

tetradic

#3EA496 #633EA4 #A43E4C #7FA43E

square

#3EA496 #633EA4 #A43E4C #7FA43E

split-complementary

#3EA496 #A43E7F #A4633E

monochromatic

#1C4B45 #2D786D #3EA496 #5DC2B4 #8AD3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#3EA496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#3EA496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA496

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA496	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.096 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfb4',
    500: '#3ea496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea496;
$custom-light: #7fbfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.765,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65578,
    "c": 0.09602,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA496

secondary

#BD8189

accent

#5365D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA496

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

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