#3C9986#3C9986

#3C9986 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.092 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9986
RGB	rgb(60, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(168, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(168, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 12.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -32.16, 1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 32.21, 176.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.0924 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.093 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5558, 25.4626, 26.5392)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9986 #993C4F

analogous

#3C9958 #3C9986 #3C7E99

triadic

#3C9986 #863C99 #99863C

tetradic

#3C9986 #583C99 #993C4F #7E993C

square

#3C9986 #583C99 #993C4F #7E993C

split-complementary

#3C9986 #993C7E #99583C

monochromatic

#1A4139 #2B6D5F #3C9986 #56BDA8 #82CEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#3C9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#3C9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9986

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9986	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.092 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7a9',
    500: '#3c9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9986;
$custom-light: #7cb7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.742,
    "s": 43.662,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62217,
    "c": 0.0925,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9986

secondary

#B87986

accent

#546ED3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9986

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

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