#3CAAA9#3CAAA9

#3CAAA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.098 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAAA9
RGB	rgb(60, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, -30.66, -8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 31.86, 195.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0948 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.098 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3965, 32.5721, 42.5824)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAAA9 #AA3C3D

analogous

#3CAA72 #3CAAA9 #3C74AA

triadic

#3CAAA9 #A93CAA #AAA93C

tetradic

#3CAAA9 #723CAA #AA3C3D #74AA3C

square

#3CAAA9 #723CAA #AA3C3D #74AA3C

split-complementary

#3CAAA9 #AA3C74 #AA723C

monochromatic

#1C504F #2C7D7C #3CAAA9 #5DC6C5 #8BD6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#3CAAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#3CAAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAAA9

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAAA9	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	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)

#9FA2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.098 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3c2',
    500: '#3caaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caaa9;
$custom-light: #80c3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.455,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67657,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAAA9

secondary

#C08182

accent

#5052D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAAA9

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

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