#3CA497#3CA497

#3CA497 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.097 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA497
RGB	rgb(60, 164, 151)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 7.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, -32.83, -2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 32.89, 183.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% -0.0965 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.097 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7223, 29.7437, 33.9212)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA497 #A43C49

analogous

#3CA463 #3CA497 #3C7DA4

triadic

#3CA497 #973CA4 #A4973C

tetradic

#3CA497 #633CA4 #A43C49 #7DA43C

square

#3CA497 #633CA4 #A43C49 #7DA43C

split-complementary

#3CA497 #A43C7D #A4633C

monochromatic

#1B4A44 #2C776E #3CA497 #5AC3B6 #87D3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#3CA497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#3CA497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA497

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA497	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 164, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.097 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebfb5',
    500: '#3ca497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca497;
$custom-light: #7ebfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6555,
    "c": 0.09671,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA497

secondary

#BD7E86

accent

#5262D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA497

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

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