#3C8486#3C8486

#3C8486 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.072 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8486
RGB	rgb(60, 132, 134)
HSL	hsl(182, 38%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 1.5%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.90, -21.72, -7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.90, 23.12, 200.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% -0.0683 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.072 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4160, 19.1830, 25.4926)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8486 #863E3C

analogous

#3C8663 #3C8486 #3C5F86

triadic

#3C8486 #863C84 #84863C

tetradic

#3C8486 #633C86 #863E3C #5F863C

square

#3C8486 #633C86 #863E3C #5F863C

split-complementary

#3C8486 #863C5F #86633C

monochromatic

#163131 #295A5C #3C8486 #4FAEB0 #79C1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#3C8486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#3C8486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8486

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8486	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)

#7C7E86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 132, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.072 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a8a9',
    500: '#3c8486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8486;
$custom-light: #79a8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.622,
    "s": 38.144,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56854,
    "c": 0.07169,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8486

secondary

#AD7371

accent

#5D5ACE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8486

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

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