#3CA9B2#3CA9B2

#3CA9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.098 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA9B2
RGB	rgb(60, 169, 178)
HSL	hsl(185, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 5.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, -27.54, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 30.76, 206.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0898 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.098 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0839, 32.5483, 47.1240)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA9B2 #B2453C

analogous

#3CB280 #3CA9B2 #3C6EB2

triadic

#3CA9B2 #B23CA9 #A9B23C

tetradic

#3CA9B2 #803CB2 #B2453C #6EB23C

square

#3CA9B2 #803CB2 #B2453C #6EB23C

split-complementary

#3CA9B2 #B23C6E #B2803C

monochromatic

#1D5256 #2D7E84 #3CA9B2 #61C2CA #8FD4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#3CA9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#3CA9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA9B2

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA9B2	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B95B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 169, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.098 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3c9',
    500: '#3ca9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca9b2;
$custom-light: #81c3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.576,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67736,
    "c": 0.0975,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA9B2

secondary

#C48A86

accent

#594FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA9B2

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

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