#3C979F#3C979F

#3C979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.086 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C979F
RGB	rgb(60, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(185, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, -24.16, -12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 27.08, 206.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0787 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.086 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1854, 25.5951, 36.7234)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C979F #9F443C

analogous

#3C9F75 #3C979F #3C669F

triadic

#3C979F #9F3C97 #979F3C

tetradic

#3C979F #753C9F #9F443C #669F3C

square

#3C979F #753C9F #9F443C #669F3C

split-complementary

#3C979F #9F3C66 #9F753C

monochromatic

#1A4346 #2B6D73 #3C979F #58B8C0 #85CBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#3C979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#3C979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C979F

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C979F	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C91A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.086 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db6bb',
    500: '#3c979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c979f;
$custom-light: #7db6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.848,
    "s": 45.205,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62569,
    "c": 0.08573,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C979F

secondary

#BB817C

accent

#5D53D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C979F

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

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