#3C9979#3C9979

#3C9979 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.101 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9979
RGB	rgb(60, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(159, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(159, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, -35.42, 8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 36.48, 166.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0986 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.101 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7042, 25.1219, 22.0542)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9979 #993C5C

analogous

#3C994B #3C9979 #3C8B99

triadic

#3C9979 #793C99 #99793C

tetradic

#3C9979 #4B3C99 #993C5C #8B993C

square

#3C9979 #4B3C99 #993C5C #8B993C

split-complementary

#3C9979 #993C8B #994B3C

monochromatic

#1A4133 #2B6D56 #3C9979 #56BD99 #82CEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#3C9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#3C9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9979

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9979	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88857B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.101 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb79f',
    500: '#3c9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9979;
$custom-light: #7bb79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.355,
    "s": 43.662,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6184,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9979

secondary

#B8798F

accent

#5480D3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#0A110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9979

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

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