#3C9D8F#3C9D8F

#3C9D8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.093 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9D8F
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 143)
HSL	hsl(171, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(171, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 8.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -31.67, -1.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 31.69, 181.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0926 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.093 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8761, 27.0558, 30.2088)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9D8F #9D3C4A

analogous

#3C9D5E #3C9D8F #3C7B9D

triadic

#3C9D8F #8F3C9D #9D8F3C

tetradic

#3C9D8F #5E3C9D #9D3C4A #7B9D3C

square

#3C9D8F #5E3C9D #9D3C4A #7B9D3C

split-complementary

#3C9D8F #9D3C7B #9D5E3C

monochromatic

#1A443E #2B7167 #3C9D8F #57BFB0 #84D0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#3C9D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#3C9D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9D8F

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9D8F	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)

#96948E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.093 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbaaf',
    500: '#3c9d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9d8f;
$custom-light: #7dbaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.34,
    "s": 44.7,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6352,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9D8F

secondary

#BA7B84

accent

#5366D4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9D8F

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

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