#3F998F#3F998F

#3F998F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.087 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F998F
RGB	rgb(63, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 6.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -29.16, -2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 29.29, 185.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% -0.0864 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.087 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3969, 25.8206, 29.9956)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F998F #993F49

analogous

#3F9962 #3F998F #3F7699

triadic

#3F998F #8F3F99 #998F3F

tetradic

#3F998F #623F99 #993F49 #76993F

square

#3F998F #623F99 #993F49 #76993F

split-complementary

#3F998F #993F76 #99623F

monochromatic

#1B423E #2D6E66 #3F998F #5ABBB0 #85CDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#3F998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#3F998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3F998F

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3F998F	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.087 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb7af',
    500: '#3f998f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f998f;
$custom-light: #7eb7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62605,
    "c": 0.08677,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F998F

secondary

#B77C83

accent

#5664D1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F998F

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

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