#3F978B#3F978B

#3F978B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.086 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F978B
RGB	rgb(63, 151, 139)
HSL	hsl(172, 41%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 0%, 7.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -29.27, -1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 29.31, 183.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% -0.086 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.086 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7746, 25.0523, 28.3199)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F978B #973F4B

analogous

#3F975F #3F978B #3F7797

triadic

#3F978B #8B3F97 #978B3F

tetradic

#3F978B #5F3F97 #973F4B #77973F

square

#3F978B #5F3F97 #973F4B #77973F

split-complementary

#3F978B #973F77 #975F3F

monochromatic

#1B413B #2D6C63 #3F978B #59BAAD #85CCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#3F978B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#3F978B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3F978B

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F978B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3F978B	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f978b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 151, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.086 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db6ac',
    500: '#3f978b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f978b;
$custom-light: #7db6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f978b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 41.121,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61967,
    "c": 0.08613,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F978B

secondary

#B67C84

accent

#5767D1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F978B

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

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