#3CB899#3CB899

#3CB899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.118 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB899
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(165, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -41.40, 5.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 41.81, 171.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.1168 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.118 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7509, 37.5388, 36.0721)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB899 #B83C5B

analogous

#3CB85B #3CB899 #3C99B8

triadic

#3CB899 #993CB8 #B8993C

tetradic

#3CB899 #5B3CB8 #B83C5B #99B83C

square

#3CB899 #5B3CB8 #B83C5B #99B83C

split-complementary

#3CB899 #B83C99 #B85B3C

monochromatic

#1E5C4C #2D8A73 #3CB899 #65CDB3 #93DCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#3CB899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#3CB899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB899

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB899	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.118 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ceb7',
    500: '#3cb899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb899;
$custom-light: #81ceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70657,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB899

secondary

#C78998

accent

#4D71DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB899

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

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