#3F9999#3F9999

#3F9999 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.085 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F9999
RGB	rgb(63, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(180, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(180, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, -26.37, -8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 27.56, 196.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.0818 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.085 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1884, 26.1372, 34.1646)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F9999 #993F3F

analogous

#3F996C #3F9999 #3F6C99

triadic

#3F9999 #993F99 #99993F

tetradic

#3F9999 #6C3F99 #993F3F #6C993F

square

#3F9999 #6C3F99 #993F3F #6C993F

split-complementary

#3F9999 #993F6C #996C3F

monochromatic

#1B4242 #2D6E6E #3F9999 #5ABBBB #85CDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3F9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#3F9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3F9999

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3F9999	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81879A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.085 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb7b7',
    500: '#3f9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f9999;
$custom-light: #7eb7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62948,
    "c": 0.08481,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F9999

secondary

#B77C7C

accent

#5656D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F9999

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

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