#3CA8AD#3CA8AD

#3CA8AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.096 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA8AD
RGB	rgb(60, 168, 173)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 2.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -28.53, -11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 30.80, 202.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0909 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.096 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4056, 31.9805, 44.4664)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA8AD #AD413C

analogous

#3CAD79 #3CA8AD #3C6FAD

triadic

#3CA8AD #AD3CA8 #A8AD3C

tetradic

#3CA8AD #793CAD #AD413C #6FAD3C

square

#3CA8AD #793CAD #AD413C #6FAD3C

split-complementary

#3CA8AD #AD3C6F #AD793C

monochromatic

#1C5052 #2C7C80 #3CA8AD #5FC3C7 #8CD4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#3CA8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#3CA8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA8AD

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA8AD	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 168, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.096 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2c5',
    500: '#3ca8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca8ad;
$custom-light: #80c2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.655,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67305,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA8AD

secondary

#C28683

accent

#5650D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA8AD

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

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