#3CA8A6#3CA8A6

#3CA8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.097 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA8A6
RGB	rgb(60, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -30.56, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 31.59, 194.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.094 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.097 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7460, 31.7166, 40.9922)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA8A6 #A83C3E

analogous

#3CA870 #3CA8A6 #3C74A8

triadic

#3CA8A6 #A63CA8 #A8A63C

tetradic

#3CA8A6 #703CA8 #A83C3E #74A83C

square

#3CA8A6 #703CA8 #A83C3E #74A83C

split-complementary

#3CA8A6 #A83C74 #A8703C

monochromatic

#1C4E4D #2C7B79 #3CA8A6 #5CC5C3 #89D5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#3CA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#3CA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA8A6

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA8A6	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D94A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.097 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2c0',
    500: '#3ca8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca8a6;
$custom-light: #80c2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.889,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67055,
    "c": 0.09659,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA8A6

secondary

#BF8082

accent

#5153D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA8A6

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

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