#3CAEA8#3CAEA8

#3CAEA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.101 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAEA8
RGB	rgb(60, 174, 168)
HSL	hsl(177, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -32.86, -6.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 33.46, 190.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0994 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.101 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0642, 34.0572, 42.3437)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAEA8 #AE3C42

analogous

#3CAE6F #3CAEA8 #3C7BAE

triadic

#3CAEA8 #A83CAE #AEA83C

tetradic

#3CAEA8 #6F3CAE #AE3C42 #7BAE3C

square

#3CAEA8 #6F3CAE #AE3C42 #7BAE3C

split-complementary

#3CAEA8 #AE3C7B #AE6F3C

monochromatic

#1D5350 #2C807C #3CAEA8 #5FC8C2 #8DD8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#3CAEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#3CAEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAEA8

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAEA8	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A5A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 174, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.101 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6c1',
    500: '#3caea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caea8;
$custom-light: #81c6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68616,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAEA8

secondary

#C28387

accent

#5057D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAEA8

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

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