#3CA9A5#3CA9A5

#3CA9A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.097 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA9A5
RGB	rgb(60, 169, 165)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 2.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -31.32, -7.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 32.11, 192.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.0955 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.097 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8399, 32.0507, 40.5727)
Luminance	0.3205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA9A5 #A93C40

analogous

#3CA96E #3CA9A5 #3C77A9

triadic

#3CA9A5 #A53CA9 #A9A53C

tetradic

#3CA9A5 #6E3CA9 #A93C40 #77A93C

square

#3CA9A5 #6E3CA9 #A93C40 #77A93C

split-complementary

#3CA9A5 #A93C77 #A96E3C

monochromatic

#1C4F4D #2C7C79 #3CA9A5 #5DC5C2 #8AD5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#3CA9A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#3CA9A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA9A5

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA9A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA9A5	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E94A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca9a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 169, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.097 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3bf',
    500: '#3ca9a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca9a5;
$custom-light: #80c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca9a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.798,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6727,
    "c": 0.09749,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA9A5

secondary

#C08183

accent

#5156D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA9A5

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

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