#3C8D79#3C8D79

#3C8D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.085 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8D79
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(165, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(165, 57%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 14.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -29.80, 3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 29.98, 173.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% -0.0849 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.085 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8380, 21.3895, 21.4321)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8D79 #8D3C50

analogous

#3C8D50 #3C8D79 #3C798D

triadic

#3C8D79 #793C8D #8D793C

tetradic

#3C8D79 #503C8D #8D3C50 #798D3C

square

#3C8D79 #503C8D #8D3C50 #798D3C

split-complementary

#3C8D79 #8D3C79 #8D503C

monochromatic

#17372F #2A6254 #3C8D79 #51B59C #7CC7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#3C8D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#3C8D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8D79

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8D79	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)

#888578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#078F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.085 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79af9f',
    500: '#3c8d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8d79;
$custom-light: #79af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.185,
    "s": 40.299,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58729,
    "c": 0.08532,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8D79

secondary

#B17483

accent

#5875D0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8D79

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

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