#3F9996#3F9996

#3F9996 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.085 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F9996
RGB	rgb(63, 153, 150)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -27.22, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 27.98, 193.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0832 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.085 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9438, 26.0393, 32.8760)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F9996 #993F42

analogous

#3F9969 #3F9996 #3F6F99

triadic

#3F9996 #963F99 #99963F

tetradic

#3F9996 #693F99 #993F42 #6F993F

square

#3F9996 #693F99 #993F42 #6F993F

split-complementary

#3F9996 #993F6F #99693F

monochromatic

#1B4241 #2D6E6C #3F9996 #5ABBB8 #85CDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#3F9996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#3F9996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3F9996

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F9996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3F9996	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f9996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 153, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.085 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb7b4',
    500: '#3f9996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f9996;
$custom-light: #7eb7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f9996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62842,
    "c": 0.08511,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F9996

secondary

#B77C7E

accent

#565AD1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F9996

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

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