#3C8488#3C8488

#3C8488 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.072 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8488
RGB	rgb(60, 132, 136)
HSL	hsl(183, 39%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, -21.13, -8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 22.97, 203.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% -0.0674 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.072 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.5568, 19.2394, 26.2342)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8488 #88403C

analogous

#3C8866 #3C8488 #3C5E88

triadic

#3C8488 #883C84 #84883C

tetradic

#3C8488 #663C88 #88403C #5E883C

square

#3C8488 #663C88 #88403C #5E883C

split-complementary

#3C8488 #883C5E #88663C

monochromatic

#173233 #295B5E #3C8488 #50ACB2 #7AC0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#3C8488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#3C8488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8488

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8488	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 132, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.072 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a8aa',
    500: '#3c8488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8488;
$custom-light: #79a8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56928,
    "c": 0.0718,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8488

secondary

#AE7572

accent

#5F59CF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8488

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

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