#3C8A79#3C8A79

#3C8A79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.082 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8A79
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(167, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(167, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, -28.34, 1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 28.40, 176.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% -0.0814 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.082 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4016, 20.5167, 21.2866)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8A79 #8A3C4D

analogous

#3C8A52 #3C8A79 #3C748A

triadic

#3C8A79 #793C8A #8A793C

tetradic

#3C8A79 #523C8A #8A3C4D #748A3C

square

#3C8A79 #523C8A #8A3C4D #748A3C

split-complementary

#3C8A79 #8A3C74 #8A523C

monochromatic

#17352E #295F54 #3C8A79 #50B39D #7BC6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#3C8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#3C8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8A79

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8A79	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79797A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.082 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79ac9f',
    500: '#3c8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8a79;
$custom-light: #79ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.923,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57952,
    "c": 0.08155,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8A79

secondary

#AF7380

accent

#5972CF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8A79

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

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