#3C997C#3C997C

#3C997C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.099 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C997C
RGB	rgb(60, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(161, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(161, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 19%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -34.69, 7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 35.42, 168.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% -0.0972 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.099 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8910, 25.1967, 23.0382)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C997C #993C59

analogous

#3C994E #3C997C #3C8899

triadic

#3C997C #7C3C99 #997C3C

tetradic

#3C997C #4E3C99 #993C59 #88993C

square

#3C997C #4E3C99 #993C59 #88993C

split-complementary

#3C997C #993C88 #994E3C

monochromatic

#1A4135 #2B6D58 #3C997C #56BD9C #82CEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#3C997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#3C997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C997C

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C997C	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958F7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88857E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.099 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb7a1',
    500: '#3c997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c997c;
$custom-light: #7bb7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.29,
    "s": 43.662,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61923,
    "c": 0.0989,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C997C

secondary

#B8798D

accent

#547CD3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C997C

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

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