#3CA8AC#3CA8AC

#3CA8AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.096 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA8AC
RGB	rgb(60, 168, 172)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -28.82, -11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 30.88, 201.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.0913 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.096 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3092, 31.9419, 43.9587)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA8AC #AC403C

analogous

#3CAC78 #3CA8AC #3C70AC

triadic

#3CA8AC #AC3CA8 #A8AC3C

tetradic

#3CA8AC #783CAC #AC403C #70AC3C

square

#3CA8AC #783CAC #AC403C #70AC3C

split-complementary

#3CA8AC #AC3C70 #AC783C

monochromatic

#1C4F51 #2C7C7F #3CA8AC #5EC3C7 #8CD4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#3CA8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#3CA8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA8AC

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA8AC	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 168, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.096 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2c4',
    500: '#3ca8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca8ac;
$custom-light: #80c2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.143,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67269,
    "c": 0.09638,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA8AC

secondary

#C18582

accent

#5550D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA8AC

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

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