#3F8D8A#3F8D8A

#3F8D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.077 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F8D8A
RGB	rgb(63, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(178, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -24.57, -5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 25.22, 193.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% -0.075 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.077 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1603, 21.9399, 27.4230)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F8D8A #8D3F42

analogous

#3F8D63 #3F8D8A #3F698D

triadic

#3F8D8A #8A3F8D #8D8A3F

tetradic

#3F8D8A #633F8D #8D3F42 #698D3F

square

#3F8D8A #633F8D #8D3F42 #698D3F

split-complementary

#3F8D8A #8D3F69 #8D633F

monochromatic

#193837 #2C6361 #3F8D8A #56B3B0 #80C6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#3F8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#3F8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3F8D8A

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3F8D8A	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.077 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caeac',
    500: '#3f8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f8d8a;
$custom-light: #7caeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 38.235,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59397,
    "c": 0.07661,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F8D8A

secondary

#B17779

accent

#5A5ECE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F8D8A

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

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