#3C8A98#3C8A98

#3C8A98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.079 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8A98
RGB	rgb(60, 138, 152)
HSL	hsl(189, 43%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 9.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, -19.50, -14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 24.39, 216.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0673 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.079 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6171, 21.4029, 32.9551)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8A98 #984A3C

analogous

#3C9878 #3C8A98 #3C5C98

triadic

#3C8A98 #983C8A #8A983C

tetradic

#3C8A98 #783C98 #984A3C #5C983C

square

#3C8A98 #783C98 #984A3C #5C983C

split-complementary

#3C8A98 #983C5C #98783C

monochromatic

#193A40 #2B626C #3C8A98 #55ACBC #81C2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#3C8A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#3C8A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8A98

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8A98	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 138, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.079 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacb6',
    500: '#3c8a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8a98;
$custom-light: #7bacb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.13,
    "s": 43.396,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59058,
    "c": 0.07859,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8A98

secondary

#B78279

accent

#6855D3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8A98

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

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