#3CA499#3CA499

#3CA499 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.096 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA499
RGB	rgb(60, 164, 153)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 6.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -32.28, -3.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 32.43, 185.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% -0.0956 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.096 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8861, 29.8092, 34.7838)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA499 #A43C47

analogous

#3CA465 #3CA499 #3C7BA4

triadic

#3CA499 #993CA4 #A4993C

tetradic

#3CA499 #653CA4 #A43C47 #7BA43C

square

#3CA499 #653CA4 #A43C47 #7BA43C

split-complementary

#3CA499 #A43C7B #A4653C

monochromatic

#1B4A45 #2C776F #3CA499 #5AC3B8 #87D3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#3CA499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#3CA499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA499

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA499	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)

#9C9B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C909A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 164, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.096 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebfb7',
    500: '#3ca499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca499;
$custom-light: #7ebfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.654,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65615,
    "c": 0.09602,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA499

secondary

#BD7E85

accent

#5260D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA499

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

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