#3C8179#3C8179

#3C8179 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.071 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8179
RGB	rgb(60, 129, 121)
HSL	hsl(173, 37%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 53%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 6.2%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, -23.83, -2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 23.94, 185.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% -0.0707 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.071 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.1635, 18.0405, 20.8739)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8179 #813C44

analogous

#3C8156 #3C8179 #3C6781

triadic

#3C8179 #793C81 #81793C

tetradic

#3C8179 #563C81 #813C44 #67813C

square

#3C8179 #563C81 #813C44 #67813C

split-complementary

#3C8179 #813C67 #81563C

monochromatic

#152D2B #295752 #3C8179 #4FABA0 #77C0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#3C8179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#3C8179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8179

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8179	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7B79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70727A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 129, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.071 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a69f',
    500: '#3c8179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8179;
$custom-light: #78a69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.043,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55626,
    "c": 0.07101,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8179

secondary

#AA6F76

accent

#5B68CD

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#090F0E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8179

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

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