#3CAEA9#3CAEA9

#3CAEA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.101 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAEA9
RGB	rgb(60, 174, 169)
HSL	hsl(177, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -32.58, -6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 33.29, 191.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.099 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.101 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1577, 34.0946, 42.8362)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAEA9 #AE3C41

analogous

#3CAE70 #3CAEA9 #3C7AAE

triadic

#3CAEA9 #A93CAE #AEA93C

tetradic

#3CAEA9 #703CAE #AE3C41 #7AAE3C

square

#3CAEA9 #703CAE #AE3C41 #7AAE3C

split-complementary

#3CAEA9 #AE3C7A #AE703C

monochromatic

#1D5351 #2C807D #3CAEA9 #5FC8C3 #8DD8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#3CAEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#3CAEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAEA9

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAEA9	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 174, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.101 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6c2',
    500: '#3caea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caea9;
$custom-light: #81c6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.368,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6865,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAEA9

secondary

#C28386

accent

#5056D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAEA9

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

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