#3C997E#3C997E

#3C997E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.097 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C997E
RGB	rgb(60, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(163, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(163, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -34.20, 6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 34.74, 169.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.0962 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.097 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0188, 25.2478, 23.7110)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C997E #993C57

analogous

#3C9950 #3C997E #3C8699

triadic

#3C997E #7E3C99 #997E3C

tetradic

#3C997E #503C99 #993C57 #86993C

square

#3C997E #503C99 #993C57 #86993C

split-complementary

#3C997E #993C86 #99503C

monochromatic

#1A4136 #2B6D5A #3C997E #56BD9F #82CEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#3C997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#3C997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C997E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C997E	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.097 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb7a3',
    500: '#3c997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c997e;
$custom-light: #7bb7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.581,
    "s": 43.662,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6198,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C997E

secondary

#B8798B

accent

#5479D3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F3

border

#C9D0CD

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C997E

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

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