#3CA8A8#3CA8A8

#3CA8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.096 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA8A8
RGB	rgb(60, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -29.98, -9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 31.32, 196.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0931 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.096 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9309, 31.7906, 41.9659)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA8A8 #A83C3C

analogous

#3CA872 #3CA8A8 #3C72A8

triadic

#3CA8A8 #A83CA8 #A8A83C

tetradic

#3CA8A8 #723CA8 #A83C3C #72A83C

square

#3CA8A8 #723CA8 #A83C3C #72A83C

split-complementary

#3CA8A8 #A83C72 #A8723C

monochromatic

#1C4E4E #2C7B7B #3CA8A8 #5CC5C5 #89D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#3CA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#3CA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA8A8

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA8A8	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D94A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.096 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2c1',
    500: '#3ca8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca8a8;
$custom-light: #80c2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67125,
    "c": 0.09642,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA8A8

secondary

#BF8080

accent

#5151D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA8A8

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

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