#3C8D8E#3C8D8E

#3C8D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.078 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8D8E
RGB	rgb(60, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 41%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(181, 58%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, -24.05, -7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 25.34, 198.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% -0.0751 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.078 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.2688, 21.9618, 28.9676)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8D8E #8E3D3C

analogous

#3C8E66 #3C8D8E #3C648E

triadic

#3C8D8E #8E3C8D #8D8E3C

tetradic

#3C8D8E #663C8E #8E3D3C #648E3C

square

#3C8D8E #663C8E #8E3D3C #648E3C

split-complementary

#3C8D8E #8E3C64 #8E663C

monochromatic

#183838 #2A6263 #3C8D8E #52B4B6 #7DC7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#3C8D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#3C8D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8D8E

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8D8E	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.078 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7baeaf',
    500: '#3c8d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8d8e;
$custom-light: #7baeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.732,
    "s": 40.594,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59429,
    "c": 0.07826,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8D8E

secondary

#B27574

accent

#5957D0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8D8E

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

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