#3CB997#3CB997

#3CB997 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.120 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB997
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(164, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 18.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -42.33, 7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 42.96, 170.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.1188 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.12 171)
XYZ	xyz(24.7955, 37.8902, 35.2789)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB997 #B93C5E

analogous

#3CB958 #3CB997 #3C9CB9

triadic

#3CB997 #973CB9 #B9973C

tetradic

#3CB997 #583CB9 #B93C5E #9CB93C

square

#3CB997 #583CB9 #B93C5E #9CB93C

split-complementary

#3CB997 #B93C9C #B9583C

monochromatic

#1E5D4C #2D8B71 #3CB997 #65CDB1 #93DCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3CB997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#3CB997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB997

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB997	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.120 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfb5',
    500: '#3cb997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb997;
$custom-light: #81cfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.68,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70853,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.37893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB997

secondary

#C7899A

accent

#4D74DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB997

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

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