#3C9EAD#3C9EAD

#3C9EAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.092 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9EAD
RGB	rgb(60, 158, 173)
HSL	hsl(188, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, -23.51, -16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 28.56, 214.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0803 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.092 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6300, 28.4292, 43.8745)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9EAD #AD4B3C

analogous

#3CAD84 #3C9EAD #3C65AD

triadic

#3C9EAD #AD3C9E #9EAD3C

tetradic

#3C9EAD #843CAD #AD4B3C #65AD3C

square

#3C9EAD #843CAD #AD4B3C #65AD3C

split-complementary

#3C9EAD #AD3C65 #AD843C

monochromatic

#1C4B52 #2C7480 #3C9EAD #5FBAC7 #8CCDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#3C9EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#3C9EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9EAD

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9EAD	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9198AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 158, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.092 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbbc5',
    500: '#3c9ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9ead;
$custom-light: #7fbbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.965,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64842,
    "c": 0.09207,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9EAD

secondary

#C28B83

accent

#6250D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9EAD

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

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