#3C9980#3C9980

#3C9980 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.096 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9980
RGB	rgb(60, 153, 128)
HSL	hsl(164, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(164, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 16.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -33.70, 5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 34.07, 171.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0953 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.096 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1491, 25.2999, 24.3975)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9980 #993C55

analogous

#3C9952 #3C9980 #3C8499

triadic

#3C9980 #803C99 #99803C

tetradic

#3C9980 #523C99 #993C55 #84993C

square

#3C9980 #523C99 #993C55 #84993C

split-complementary

#3C9980 #993C84 #99523C

monochromatic

#1A4136 #2B6D5B #3C9980 #56BDA1 #82CEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#3C9980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#3C9980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9980

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9980	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94907F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 153, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.096 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb7a4',
    500: '#3c9980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9980;
$custom-light: #7bb7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.871,
    "s": 43.662,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62038,
    "c": 0.09612,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9980

secondary

#B8798A

accent

#5477D3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9980

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

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