#3C8E8A#3C8E8A

#3C8E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.079 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8E8A
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 41%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(177, 58%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, -25.70, -5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 26.26, 191.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.078 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.079 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1219, 22.1400, 27.4637)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8E8A #8E3C40

analogous

#3C8E61 #3C8E8A #3C698E

triadic

#3C8E8A #8A3C8E #8E8A3C

tetradic

#3C8E8A #613C8E #8E3C40 #698E3C

square

#3C8E8A #613C8E #8E3C40 #698E3C

split-complementary

#3C8E8A #8E3C69 #8E613C

monochromatic

#183836 #2A6360 #3C8E8A #52B6B1 #7DC8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#3C8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#3C8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8E8A

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8E8A	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.079 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bafac',
    500: '#3c8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8e8a;
$custom-light: #7bafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.073,
    "s": 40.594,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5954,
    "c": 0.07947,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8E8A

secondary

#B27477

accent

#575DD0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8E8A

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

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