#3CA8A9#3CA8A9

#3CA8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.096 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA8A9
RGB	rgb(60, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -29.69, -9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 31.20, 197.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0926 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.096 196)
XYZ	xyz(23.0244, 31.8280, 42.4584)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA8A9 #A93D3C

analogous

#3CA973 #3CA8A9 #3C72A9

triadic

#3CA8A9 #A93CA8 #A8A93C

tetradic

#3CA8A9 #733CA9 #A93D3C #72A93C

square

#3CA8A9 #733CA9 #A93D3C #72A93C

split-complementary

#3CA8A9 #A93C72 #A9733C

monochromatic

#1C4E4F #2C7B7C #3CA8A9 #5DC4C5 #8AD5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#3CA8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#3CA8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA8A9

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA8A9	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C94AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.096 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2c2',
    500: '#3ca8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca8a9;
$custom-light: #80c2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.55,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67161,
    "c": 0.09637,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.3183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA8A9

secondary

#C08181

accent

#5251D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA8A9

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

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