#3CA4A0#3CA4A0

#3CA4A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.094 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA4A0
RGB	rgb(60, 164, 160)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 2.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, -30.33, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 31.07, 192.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0924 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.094 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4813, 30.0473, 37.9185)
Luminance	0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA4A0 #A43C40

analogous

#3CA46C #3CA4A0 #3C74A4

triadic

#3CA4A0 #A03CA4 #A4A03C

tetradic

#3CA4A0 #6C3CA4 #A43C40 #74A43C

square

#3CA4A0 #6C3CA4 #A43C40 #74A43C

split-complementary

#3CA4A0 #A43C74 #A46C3C

monochromatic

#1B4A49 #2C7774 #3CA4A0 #5AC3BF #87D3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#3CA4A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#3CA4A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA4A0

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA4A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA4A0	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A90A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca4a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 164, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.094 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbfbc',
    500: '#3ca4a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca4a0;
$custom-light: #7fbfbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca4a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6585,
    "c": 0.0943,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA4A0

secondary

#BD7E81

accent

#5257D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA4A0

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

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