#3F8A8D#3F8A8D

#3F8A8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.074 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F8A8D
RGB	rgb(63, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(182, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, -22.17, -8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 23.81, 201.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% -0.0701 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.074 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9441, 21.1553, 28.4373)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F8A8D #8D423F

analogous

#3F8D69 #3F8A8D #3F638D

triadic

#3F8A8D #8D3F8A #8A8D3F

tetradic

#3F8A8D #693F8D #8D423F #638D3F

square

#3F8A8D #693F8D #8D423F #638D3F

split-complementary

#3F8A8D #8D3F63 #8D693F

monochromatic

#193738 #2C6163 #3F8A8D #56B0B3 #80C4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#3F8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#3F8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3F8A8D

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3F8A8D	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.074 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacae',
    500: '#3f8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f8a8d;
$custom-light: #7cacae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.308,
    "s": 38.235,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58747,
    "c": 0.07409,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F8A8D

secondary

#B17977

accent

#5E5ACE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F8A8D

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

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