#3CAC9E#3CAC9E

#3CAC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.102 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAC9E
RGB	rgb(60, 172, 158)
HSL	hsl(173, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 8.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -34.68, -2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 34.74, 183.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.1019 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.102 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7847, 32.9318, 37.4968)
Luminance	0.3293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAC9E #AC3C4A

analogous

#3CAC66 #3CAC9E #3C82AC

triadic

#3CAC9E #9E3CAC #AC9E3C

tetradic

#3CAC9E #663CAC #AC3C4A #82AC3C

square

#3CAC9E #663CAC #AC3C4A #82AC3C

split-complementary

#3CAC9E #AC3C82 #AC663C

monochromatic

#1C514B #2C7F74 #3CAC9E #5EC7BA #8CD7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#3CAC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#3CAC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAC9E

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAC9E	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93969F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cac9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 172, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.102 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c5ba',
    500: '#3cac9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cac9e;
$custom-light: #80c5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cac9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67788,
    "c": 0.10205,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAC9E

secondary

#C1828A

accent

#5061D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAC9E

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

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