#3C8A8B#3C8A8B

#3C8A8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.076 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8A8B
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, -23.38, -7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 24.64, 198.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.073 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.076 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6102, 21.0002, 27.6519)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8A8B #8B3D3C

analogous

#3C8B65 #3C8A8B #3C638B

triadic

#3C8A8B #8B3C8A #8A8B3C

tetradic

#3C8A8B #653C8B #8B3D3C #638B3C

square

#3C8A8B #653C8B #8B3D3C #638B3C

split-complementary

#3C8A8B #8B3C63 #8B653C

monochromatic

#173536 #2A6060 #3C8A8B #51B2B4 #7BC5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#3C8A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#3C8A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8A8B

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8A8B	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82848B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.076 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacac',
    500: '#3c8a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8a8b;
$custom-light: #7aacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.759,
    "s": 39.698,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5856,
    "c": 0.07611,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8A8B

secondary

#B07473

accent

#5A58D0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8A8B

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

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