#3C9D8E#3C9D8E

#3C9D8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.093 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9D8E
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 142)
HSL	hsl(171, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(171, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -31.94, -0.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 31.94, 181.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0931 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.093 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8007, 27.0256, 29.8116)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9D8E #9D3C4B

analogous

#3C9D5E #3C9D8E #3C7B9D

triadic

#3C9D8E #8E3C9D #9D8E3C

tetradic

#3C9D8E #5E3C9D #9D3C4B #7B9D3C

square

#3C9D8E #5E3C9D #9D3C4B #7B9D3C

split-complementary

#3C9D8E #9D3C7B #9D5E3C

monochromatic

#1A443E #2B7166 #3C9D8E #57BFAF #84D0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#3C9D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#3C9D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9D8E

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9D8E	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.093 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbaaf',
    500: '#3c9d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9d8e;
$custom-light: #7dbaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.722,
    "s": 44.7,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63488,
    "c": 0.09308,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9D8E

secondary

#BA7B85

accent

#5367D4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9D8E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →