#3AC9CE#3AC9CE

#3AC9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.117 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AC9CE
RGB	rgb(58, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -34.97, -13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 37.44, 200.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.1109 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.117 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7671, 47.1250, 65.6969)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AC9CE #CE3F3A

analogous

#3ACE89 #3AC9CE #3A7FCE

triadic

#3AC9CE #CE3AC9 #C9CE3A

tetradic

#3AC9CE #893ACE #CE3F3A #7FCE3A

square

#3AC9CE #893ACE #CE3F3A #7FCE3A

split-complementary

#3AC9CE #CE3A7F #CE893A

monochromatic

#1C6F71 #289EA2 #3AC9CE #6BD6DA #9CE4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#3AC9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#3AC9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AC9CE

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AC9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AC9CE	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ac9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.117 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dadc',
    500: '#3ac9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ac9ce;
$custom-light: #87dadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ac9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.027,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76498,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AC9CE

secondary

#D29491

accent

#4A44E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AC9CE

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

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