#3C9EAE#3C9EAE

#3C9EAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.092 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C9EAE
RGB	rgb(60, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, -23.20, -16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 28.60, 215.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0799 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.092 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7271, 28.4680, 44.3860)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C9EAE #AE4C3C

analogous

#3CAE85 #3C9EAE #3C65AE

triadic

#3C9EAE #AE3C9E #9EAE3C

tetradic

#3C9EAE #853CAE #AE4C3C #65AE3C

square

#3C9EAE #853CAE #AE4C3C #65AE3C

split-complementary

#3C9EAE #AE3C65 #AE853C

monochromatic

#1D4B53 #2C7580 #3C9EAE #5FB9C8 #8DCDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#3C9EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#3C9EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3C9EAE

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C9EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3C9EAE	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)

#9098AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c9eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.092 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bbc6',
    500: '#3c9eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c9eae;
$custom-light: #80bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c9eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.421,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64881,
    "c": 0.09242,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C9EAE

secondary

#C28C83

accent

#6350D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C9EAE

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

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