#3CA9AE#3CA9AE

#3CA9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.097 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA9AE
RGB	rgb(60, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(183, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -28.72, -11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 31.00, 202.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0915 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.097 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6881, 32.3900, 45.0397)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA9AE #AE413C

analogous

#3CAE7A #3CA9AE #3C70AE

triadic

#3CA9AE #AE3CA9 #A9AE3C

tetradic

#3CA9AE #7A3CAE #AE413C #70AE3C

square

#3CA9AE #7A3CAE #AE413C #70AE3C

split-complementary

#3CA9AE #AE3C70 #AE7A3C

monochromatic

#1D5153 #2C7D80 #3CA9AE #5FC3C8 #8DD4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#3CA9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#3CA9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA9AE

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA9AE	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C95AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.097 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3c6',
    500: '#3ca9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca9ae;
$custom-light: #81c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.632,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67588,
    "c": 0.09706,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA9AE

secondary

#C28683

accent

#5650D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA9AE

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

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