#3CA8AB#3CA8AB

#3CA8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.096 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA8AB
RGB	rgb(60, 168, 171)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 1.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, -29.11, -10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 30.98, 199.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% -0.0918 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.096 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2136, 31.9036, 43.4548)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA8AB #AB3F3C

analogous

#3CAB77 #3CA8AB #3C70AB

triadic

#3CA8AB #AB3CA8 #A8AB3C

tetradic

#3CA8AB #773CAB #AB3F3C #70AB3C

square

#3CA8AB #773CAB #AB3F3C #70AB3C

split-complementary

#3CA8AB #AB3C70 #AB773C

monochromatic

#1C4F50 #2C7B7E #3CA8AB #5EC4C6 #8BD4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#3CA8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#3CA8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA8AB

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA8AB	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C94AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 168, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.096 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2c4',
    500: '#3ca8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca8ab;
$custom-light: #80c2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.622,
    "s": 48.052,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67232,
    "c": 0.09635,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA8AB

secondary

#C18482

accent

#5450D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA8AB

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

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