#3C8E98#3C8E98

#3C8E98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.080 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8E98
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 152)
HSL	hsl(187, 43%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, -21.61, -12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 25.10, 210.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0718 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.08 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2016, 22.5719, 33.1500)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8E98 #98463C

analogous

#3C9874 #3C8E98 #3C6098

triadic

#3C8E98 #983C8E #8E983C

tetradic

#3C8E98 #743C98 #98463C #60983C

square

#3C8E98 #743C98 #98463C #60983C

split-complementary

#3C8E98 #983C60 #98743C

monochromatic

#193C40 #2B656C #3C8E98 #55B1BC #81C5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#3C8E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#3C8E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8E98

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8E98	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.080 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cafb6',
    500: '#3c8e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8e98;
$custom-light: #7cafb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.522,
    "s": 43.396,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60056,
    "c": 0.08003,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8E98

secondary

#B77F79

accent

#6255D3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8E98

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

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