#3CACA9#3CACA9

#3CACA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.099 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CACA9
RGB	rgb(60, 172, 169)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 1.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -31.63, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 32.56, 193.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0969 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.099 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7742, 33.3276, 42.7084)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CACA9 #AC3C3F

analogous

#3CAC71 #3CACA9 #3C77AC

triadic

#3CACA9 #A93CAC #ACA93C

tetradic

#3CACA9 #713CAC #AC3C3F #77AC3C

square

#3CACA9 #713CAC #AC3C3F #77AC3C

split-complementary

#3CACA9 #AC3C77 #AC713C

monochromatic

#1C5150 #2C7F7C #3CACA9 #5EC7C4 #8CD7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#3CACA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#3CACA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CACA9

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CACA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CACA9	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9197AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 172, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.099 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5c2',
    500: '#3caca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caca9;
$custom-light: #81c5c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.393,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68153,
    "c": 0.09922,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CACA9

secondary

#C18284

accent

#5054D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CACA9

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

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