#3C9DAD#3C9DAD

#3C9DAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.092 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9DAD
RGB	rgb(60, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(188, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, -22.99, -16.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 28.40, 215.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.0793 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.092 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4601, 28.0894, 43.8179)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9DAD #AD4C3C

analogous

#3CAD85 #3C9DAD #3C64AD

triadic

#3C9DAD #AD3C9D #9DAD3C

tetradic

#3C9DAD #853CAD #AD4C3C #64AD3C

square

#3C9DAD #853CAD #AD4C3C #64AD3C

split-complementary

#3C9DAD #AD3C64 #AD853C

monochromatic

#1C4B52 #2C7480 #3C9DAD #5FB9C7 #8CCDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#3C9DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#3C9DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9DAD

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9DAD	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F98AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.092 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbac5',
    500: '#3c9dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9dad;
$custom-light: #7fbac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.496,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64596,
    "c": 0.09179,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9DAD

secondary

#C28C83

accent

#6350D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9DAD

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

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