#3CAF9E#3CAF9E

#3CAF9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.105 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAF9E
RGB	rgb(60, 175, 158)
HSL	hsl(171, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 9.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -36.07, -0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 36.08, 181.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.105 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.105 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3621, 34.0867, 37.6893)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAF9E #AF3C4D

analogous

#3CAF64 #3CAF9E #3C86AF

triadic

#3CAF9E #9E3CAF #AF9E3C

tetradic

#3CAF9E #643CAF #AF3C4D #86AF3C

square

#3CAF9E #643CAF #AF3C4D #86AF3C

split-complementary

#3CAF9E #AF3C86 #AF643C

monochromatic

#1D544C #2C8175 #3CAF9E #60C8B9 #8DD8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#3CAF9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#3CAF9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAF9E

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAF9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAF9E	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)

#A7A59D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9799A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caf9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 175, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.105 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c7ba',
    500: '#3caf9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caf9e;
$custom-light: #80c7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caf9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.13,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68541,
    "c": 0.10506,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAF9E

secondary

#C3848D

accent

#4F64D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAF9E

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

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