#3CA5A1#3CA5A1

#3CA5A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.095 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA5A1
RGB	rgb(60, 165, 161)
HSL	hsl(178, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 0%, 2.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, -30.53, -6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 31.28, 192.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% -0.093 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.095 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7488, 30.4418, 38.4410)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA5A1 #A53C40

analogous

#3CA56D #3CA5A1 #3C75A5

triadic

#3CA5A1 #A13CA5 #A5A13C

tetradic

#3CA5A1 #6D3CA5 #A53C40 #75A53C

square

#3CA5A1 #6D3CA5 #A53C40 #75A53C

split-complementary

#3CA5A1 #A53C75 #A56D3C

monochromatic

#1B4B49 #2C7875 #3CA5A1 #5BC3BF #88D4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#3CA5A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#3CA5A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA5A1

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA5A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA5A1	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B91A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca5a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 165, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.095 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0bc',
    500: '#3ca5a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca5a1;
$custom-light: #7fc0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca5a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.714,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66134,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA5A1

secondary

#BE7F81

accent

#5157D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA5A1

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

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