#3AC9C8#3AC9C8

#3AC9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AC9C8
RGB	rgb(58, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -36.70, -10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 38.14, 195.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.1135 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.117 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0521, 46.8390, 61.9313)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AC9C8 #C93A3B

analogous

#3AC980 #3AC9C8 #3A83C9

triadic

#3AC9C8 #C83AC9 #C9C83A

tetradic

#3AC9C8 #803AC9 #C93A3B #83C93A

square

#3AC9C8 #803AC9 #C93A3B #83C93A

split-complementary

#3AC9C8 #C93A83 #C9803A

monochromatic

#1D6B6B #2B9B9A #3AC9C8 #6AD6D5 #9AE3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#3AC9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#3AC9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AC9C8

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AC9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AC9C8	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ac9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dad8',
    500: '#3ac9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ac9c8;
$custom-light: #86dad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ac9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.58,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76288,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AC9C8

secondary

#CF9090

accent

#4849E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AC9C8

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

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