#3C838F#3C838F

#3C838F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.073 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C838F
RGB	rgb(60, 131, 143)
HSL	hsl(189, 41%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 8.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, -18.51, -13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 22.73, 215.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% -0.0631 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.073 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9357, 19.1750, 28.8953)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C838F #8F483C

analogous

#3C8F72 #3C838F #3C598F

triadic

#3C838F #8F3C83 #838F3C

tetradic

#3C838F #723C8F #8F483C #598F3C

square

#3C838F #723C8F #8F483C #598F3C

split-complementary

#3C838F #8F3C59 #8F723C

monochromatic

#183439 #2A5C64 #3C838F #52A8B6 #7DBEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#3C838F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#3C838F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C838F

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C838F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C838F	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C758F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c838f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 131, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.073 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa7af',
    500: '#3c838f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c838f;
$custom-light: #7aa7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c838f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.675,
    "s": 40.887,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56947,
    "c": 0.07292,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C838F

secondary

#B27E75

accent

#6957D1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C838F

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

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