#3EA497#3EA497

#3EA497 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.096 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA497
RGB	rgb(62, 164, 151)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 0%, 7.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -32.47, -1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 32.53, 183.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% -0.0954 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.096 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8454, 29.8072, 33.9269)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA497 #A43E4B

analogous

#3EA464 #3EA497 #3E7EA4

triadic

#3EA497 #973EA4 #A4973E

tetradic

#3EA497 #643EA4 #A43E4B #7EA43E

square

#3EA497 #643EA4 #A43E4B #7EA43E

split-complementary

#3EA497 #A43E7E #A4643E

monochromatic

#1C4B45 #2D786E #3EA497 #5DC2B5 #8AD3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#3EA497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#3EA497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA497

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA497	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)

#9C9B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 164, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.096 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfb5',
    500: '#3ea497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea497;
$custom-light: #7fbfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.353,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6561,
    "c": 0.09563,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA497

secondary

#BD8188

accent

#5364D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA497

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

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