#3C998F#3C998F

#3C998F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.089 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C998F
RGB	rgb(60, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(174, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 6.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -29.75, -2.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 29.89, 185.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0882 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.089 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2104, 25.7244, 29.9869)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C998F #993C46

analogous

#3C9961 #3C998F #3C7599

triadic

#3C998F #8F3C99 #998F3C

tetradic

#3C998F #613C99 #993C46 #75993C

square

#3C998F #613C99 #993C46 #75993C

split-complementary

#3C998F #993C75 #99613C

monochromatic

#1A413D #2B6D66 #3C998F #56BDB2 #82CEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#3C998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#3C998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C998F

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C998F	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.089 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7af',
    500: '#3c998f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c998f;
$custom-light: #7cb7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.548,
    "s": 43.662,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62504,
    "c": 0.08856,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C998F

secondary

#B87980

accent

#5462D3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C998F

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

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