#3C978E#3C978E

#3C978E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.087 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C978E
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, -29.05, -3.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 29.24, 186.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% -0.0864 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.087 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8104, 25.0450, 29.4815)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C978E #973C45

analogous

#3C9761 #3C978E #3C7397

triadic

#3C978E #8E3C97 #978E3C

tetradic

#3C978E #613C97 #973C45 #73973C

square

#3C978E #613C97 #973C45 #73973C

split-complementary

#3C978E #973C73 #97613C

monochromatic

#193F3C #2B6B65 #3C978E #55BBB1 #81CDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#3C978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#3C978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C978E

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C978E	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81858F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.087 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb6af',
    500: '#3c978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c978e;
$custom-light: #7cb6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.066,
    "s": 43.128,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61963,
    "c": 0.0869,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C978E

secondary

#B7787E

accent

#5561D3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C978E

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

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