#3C8D8A#3C8D8A

#3C8D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.079 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8D8A
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 57%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -25.20, -5.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 25.87, 193.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% -0.0769 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.079 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9738, 21.8438, 27.4143)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8D8A #8D3C3F

analogous

#3C8D62 #3C8D8A #3C688D

triadic

#3C8D8A #8A3C8D #8D8A3C

tetradic

#3C8D8A #623C8D #8D3C3F #688D3C

square

#3C8D8A #623C8D #8D3C3F #688D3C

split-complementary

#3C8D8A #8D3C68 #8D623C

monochromatic

#173736 #2A6260 #3C8D8A #51B5B1 #7CC7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#3C8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#3C8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8D8A

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8D8A	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.079 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaeac',
    500: '#3c8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8d8a;
$custom-light: #7aaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.778,
    "s": 40.299,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59286,
    "c": 0.0786,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8D8A

secondary

#B17476

accent

#585CD0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8D8A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →