#3CAA9D#3CAA9D

#3CAA9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.100 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAA9D
RGB	rgb(60, 170, 157)
HSL	hsl(173, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 7.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, -34.02, -2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 34.11, 184.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.1002 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.1 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3212, 32.1420, 36.9194)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAA9D #AA3C49

analogous

#3CAA66 #3CAA9D #3C80AA

triadic

#3CAA9D #9D3CAA #AA9D3C

tetradic

#3CAA9D #663CAA #AA3C49 #80AA3C

square

#3CAA9D #663CAA #AA3C49 #80AA3C

split-complementary

#3CAA9D #AA3C80 #AA663C

monochromatic

#1C5049 #2C7D73 #3CAA9D #5DC6BA #8BD6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#3CAA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#3CAA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAA9D

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAA9D	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A19D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92959E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caa9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 170, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.100 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc4b9',
    500: '#3caa9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caa9d;
$custom-light: #7fc4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caa9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.909,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67254,
    "c": 0.10045,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAA9D

secondary

#C08189

accent

#5060D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAA9D

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

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