#3CAAB9#3CAAB9

#3CAAB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.099 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAAB9
RGB	rgb(60, 170, 185)
HSL	hsl(187, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 8.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -25.93, -16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 30.90, 212.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.0879 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.099 208)
XYZ	xyz(24.9914, 33.2101, 50.9826)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAAB9 #B94B3C

analogous

#3CB989 #3CAAB9 #3C6BB9

triadic

#3CAAB9 #B93CAA #AAB93C

tetradic

#3CAAB9 #893CB9 #B94B3C #6BB93C

square

#3CAAB9 #893CB9 #B94B3C #6BB93C

split-complementary

#3CAAB9 #B93C6B #B9893C

monochromatic

#1E555D #2D808B #3CAAB9 #65C1CD #93D3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#3CAAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#3CAAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAAB9

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAAB9	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8996B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 170, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.099 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c3ce',
    500: '#3caab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caab9;
$custom-light: #82c3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68247,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.33213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAAB9

secondary

#C79189

accent

#5E4DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAAB9

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

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