#3C8B79#3C8B79

#3C8B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.083 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8B79
RGB	rgb(60, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(166, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(166, 57%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, -28.83, 2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 28.92, 175.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% -0.0826 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.083 176)
XYZ	xyz(14.5457, 20.8050, 21.3347)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8B79 #8B3C4E

analogous

#3C8B52 #3C8B79 #3C768B

triadic

#3C8B79 #793C8B #8B793C

tetradic

#3C8B79 #523C8B #8B3C4E #768B3C

square

#3C8B79 #523C8B #8B3C4E #768B3C

split-complementary

#3C8B79 #8B3C76 #8B523C

monochromatic

#17362F #2A6054 #3C8B79 #51B49D #7BC6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#3C8B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#3C8B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8B79

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8B79	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)

#868378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#098D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.083 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79ad9f',
    500: '#3c8b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8b79;
$custom-light: #79ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.329,
    "s": 39.698,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58211,
    "c": 0.08279,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.20806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8B79

secondary

#B07381

accent

#5873D0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8B79

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

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