#3CA5AB#3CA5AB

#3CA5AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.095 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA5AB
RGB	rgb(60, 165, 171)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, -27.63, -11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 30.11, 203.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.0886 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.095 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6661, 30.8087, 43.2723)
Luminance	0.3081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA5AB #AB423C

analogous

#3CAB79 #3CA5AB #3C6EAB

triadic

#3CA5AB #AB3CA5 #A5AB3C

tetradic

#3CA5AB #793CAB #AB423C #6EAB3C

square

#3CA5AB #793CAB #AB423C #6EAB3C

split-complementary

#3CA5AB #AB3C6E #AB793C

monochromatic

#1C4E50 #2C797E #3CA5AB #5EC1C6 #8BD2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#3CA5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#3CA5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA5AB

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA5AB	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8891AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 165, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.095 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0c4',
    500: '#3ca5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca5ab;
$custom-light: #80c0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.243,
    "s": 48.052,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66491,
    "c": 0.0946,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA5AB

secondary

#C18582

accent

#5750D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA5AB

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

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