#3C998E#3C998E

#3C998E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.089 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C998E
RGB	rgb(60, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -30.02, -2.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 30.12, 184.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0886 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.089 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1350, 25.6942, 29.5897)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C998E #993C47

analogous

#3C9960 #3C998E #3C7699

triadic

#3C998E #8E3C99 #998E3C

tetradic

#3C998E #603C99 #993C47 #76993C

square

#3C998E #603C99 #993C47 #76993C

split-complementary

#3C998E #993C76 #99603C

monochromatic

#1A413C #2B6D65 #3C998E #56BDB0 #82CEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#3C998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#3C998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C998E

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C998E	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.089 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7af',
    500: '#3c998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c998e;
$custom-light: #7cb7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.903,
    "s": 43.662,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62471,
    "c": 0.0889,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C998E

secondary

#B87980

accent

#5463D3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C998E

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

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