#3CA498#3CA498

#3CA498 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.096 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA498
RGB	rgb(60, 164, 152)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 7.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, -32.56, -2.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 32.66, 184.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0961 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.096 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8038, 29.7763, 34.3507)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA498 #A43C48

analogous

#3CA464 #3CA498 #3C7CA4

triadic

#3CA498 #983CA4 #A4983C

tetradic

#3CA498 #643CA4 #A43C48 #7CA43C

square

#3CA498 #643CA4 #A43C48 #7CA43C

split-complementary

#3CA498 #A43C7C #A4643C

monochromatic

#1B4A45 #2C776E #3CA498 #5AC3B7 #87D3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#3CA498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#3CA498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA498

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA498	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 164, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.096 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebfb6',
    500: '#3ca498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca498;
$custom-light: #7ebfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.077,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65582,
    "c": 0.09635,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA498

secondary

#BD7E86

accent

#5261D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA498

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

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