#3C898E#3C898E

#3C898E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.076 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C898E
RGB	rgb(60, 137, 142)
HSL	hsl(184, 41%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 3.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, -21.99, -9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 24.09, 204.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% -0.0705 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.076 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6896, 20.8034, 28.7746)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C898E #8E413C

analogous

#3C8E6A #3C898E #3C608E

triadic

#3C898E #8E3C89 #898E3C

tetradic

#3C898E #6A3C8E #8E413C #608E3C

square

#3C898E #6A3C8E #8E413C #608E3C

split-complementary

#3C898E #8E3C60 #8E6A3C

monochromatic

#183638 #2A5F63 #3C898E #52B0B6 #7DC3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#3C898E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#3C898E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C898E

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C898E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C898E	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c898e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 137, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.076 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aabaf',
    500: '#3c898e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c898e;
$custom-light: #7aabaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c898e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.659,
    "s": 40.594,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58418,
    "c": 0.07557,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C898E

secondary

#B27874

accent

#5F57D0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C898E

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

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