#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
RGBrgb(60, 157, 143)
HSLhsl(171, 45%, 43%)
HSVhsv(171, 62%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(61.8%, 0%, 8.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(59.03, -31.67, -1.09)
CIE-LCHlch(59.03, 31.69, 181.97°)
OKLaboklab(63.52% -0.0926 -0.0034)
OKLCHoklch(63.52% 0.093 182.1)
XYZxyz(18.8761, 27.0558, 30.2088)
Luminance0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##3C9D8F1.003.286.416.41
#FFFFFF3.281.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4121.001.001.00
##0000006.4121.001.001.00

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

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#3C9D8F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva