#3C8480#3C8480

#3C8480 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.072 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8480
RGB	rgb(60, 132, 128)
HSL	hsl(177, 38%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 55%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 3%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, -23.43, -4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 23.90, 191.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% -0.071 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.072 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.0094, 19.0204, 23.3509)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8480 #843C40

analogous

#3C845C #3C8480 #3C6484

triadic

#3C8480 #803C84 #84803C

tetradic

#3C8480 #5C3C84 #843C40 #64843C

square

#3C8480 #5C3C84 #843C40 #64843C

split-complementary

#3C8480 #843C64 #845C3C

monochromatic

#16302E #295A57 #3C8480 #4FAEA9 #79C2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#3C8480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#3C8480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8480

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8480	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717581

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#018783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 132, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.072 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a8a4',
    500: '#3c8480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8480;
$custom-light: #79a8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56638,
    "c": 0.0722,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8480

secondary

#AC7074

accent

#5A61CD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#090F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8480

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

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