#3C8E79#3C8E79

#3C8E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.087 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8E79
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(165, 41%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(165, 58%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -30.28, 3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 30.51, 172.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% -0.0861 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.087 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9861, 21.6857, 21.4815)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8E79 #8E3C51

analogous

#3C8E50 #3C8E79 #3C7A8E

triadic

#3C8E79 #793C8E #8E793C

tetradic

#3C8E79 #503C8E #8E3C51 #7A8E3C

square

#3C8E79 #503C8E #8E3C51 #7A8E3C

split-complementary

#3C8E79 #8E3C7A #8E503C

monochromatic

#183830 #2A6354 #3C8E79 #52B69C #7DC8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#3C8E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#3C8E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8E79

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8E79	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#068F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.087 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaf9f',
    500: '#3c8e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8e79;
$custom-light: #7aaf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.634,
    "s": 40.594,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58988,
    "c": 0.0866,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8E79

secondary

#B27484

accent

#5776D0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8E79

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

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