#3C8591#3C8591

#3C8591 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.074 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8591
RGB	rgb(60, 133, 145)
HSL	hsl(188, 41%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 8.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, -18.97, -13.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 23.18, 215.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% -0.0646 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.074 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3598, 19.7786, 29.7908)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8591 #91483C

analogous

#3C9173 #3C8591 #3C5A91

triadic

#3C8591 #913C85 #85913C

tetradic

#3C8591 #733C91 #91483C #5A913C

square

#3C8591 #733C91 #91483C #5A913C

split-complementary

#3C8591 #913C5A #91733C

monochromatic

#18363A #2A5D66 #3C8591 #53A9B8 #7EBFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#3C8591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#3C8591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8591

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8591	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 133, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.074 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa8b1',
    500: '#3c8591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8591;
$custom-light: #7aa8b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.471,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57529,
    "c": 0.07435,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8591

secondary

#B37E75

accent

#6857D1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F5

border

#C9CECF

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8591

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

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