#3CAEAE#3CAEAE

#3CAEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.100 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAEAE
RGB	rgb(60, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -31.16, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 32.54, 196.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0967 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.1 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6361, 34.2860, 45.3557)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAEAE #AE3C3C

analogous

#3CAE75 #3CAEAE #3C75AE

triadic

#3CAEAE #AE3CAE #AEAE3C

tetradic

#3CAEAE #753CAE #AE3C3C #75AE3C

square

#3CAEAE #753CAE #AE3C3C #75AE3C

split-complementary

#3CAEAE #AE3C75 #AE753C

monochromatic

#1D5353 #2C8080 #3CAEAE #5FC8C8 #8DD8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#3CAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#3CAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAEAE

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAEAE	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9199AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.100 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6c6',
    500: '#3caeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caeae;
$custom-light: #81c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68823,
    "c": 0.10019,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAEAE

secondary

#C28383

accent

#5050D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAEAE

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

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