#3CA9AC#3CA9AC

#3CA9AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.097 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA9AC
RGB	rgb(60, 169, 172)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 1.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -29.31, -10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 31.18, 199.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0924 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.097 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4946, 32.3126, 44.0205)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA9AC #AC3F3C

analogous

#3CAC77 #3CA9AC #3C71AC

triadic

#3CA9AC #AC3CA9 #A9AC3C

tetradic

#3CA9AC #773CAC #AC3F3C #71AC3C

square

#3CA9AC #773CAC #AC3F3C #71AC3C

split-complementary

#3CA9AC #AC3C71 #AC773C

monochromatic

#1C5051 #2C7C7F #3CA9AC #5EC4C7 #8CD5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#3CA9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#3CA9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA9AC

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA9AC	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C95AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 169, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.097 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3c4',
    500: '#3ca9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca9ac;
$custom-light: #80c3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.607,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67516,
    "c": 0.09698,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA9AC

secondary

#C18482

accent

#5450D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA9AC

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

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