#3CACA5#3CACA5

#3CACA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.100 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CACA5
RGB	rgb(60, 172, 165)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 4.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -32.75, -5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 33.24, 189.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0987 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.1 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4045, 33.1797, 40.7609)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CACA5 #AC3C43

analogous

#3CAC6D #3CACA5 #3C7BAC

triadic

#3CACA5 #A53CAC #ACA53C

tetradic

#3CACA5 #6D3CAC #AC3C43 #7BAC3C

square

#3CACA5 #6D3CAC #AC3C43 #7BAC3C

split-complementary

#3CACA5 #AC3C7B #AC6D3C

monochromatic

#1C514E #2C7F79 #3CACA5 #5EC7C0 #8CD7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#3CACA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#3CACA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CACA5

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CACA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CACA5	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)

#A3A3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9297A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 172, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.100 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c5bf',
    500: '#3caca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caca5;
$custom-light: #80c5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68017,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CACA5

secondary

#C18286

accent

#5058D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CACA5

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

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