#3C8E9A#3C8E9A

#3C8E9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.081 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C8E9A
RGB	rgb(60, 142, 154)
HSL	hsl(188, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 7.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, -21.01, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 25.14, 213.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% -0.0709 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.081 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3668, 22.6380, 34.0199)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C8E9A #9A483C

analogous

#3C9A77 #3C8E9A #3C5F9A

triadic

#3C8E9A #9A3C8E #8E9A3C

tetradic

#3C8E9A #773C9A #9A483C #5F9A3C

square

#3C8E9A #773C9A #9A483C #5F9A3C

split-complementary

#3C8E9A #9A3C5F #9A773C

monochromatic

#1A3D42 #2B656E #3C8E9A #56B0BD #82C5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#3C8E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#3C8E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C8E9A

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C8E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C8E9A	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83899B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c8e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 142, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.081 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cafb7',
    500: '#3c8e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c8e9a;
$custom-light: #7cafb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c8e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.66,
    "s": 43.925,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60134,
    "c": 0.08061,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C8E9A

secondary

#B8827A

accent

#6454D4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C8E9A

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

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