#3CB999#3CB999

#3CB999 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.119 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB999
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 153)
HSL	hsl(165, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 17.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -41.83, 6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 42.31, 171.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.1178 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.119 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9593, 37.9557, 36.1416)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB999 #B93C5C

analogous

#3CB95A #3CB999 #3C9AB9

triadic

#3CB999 #993CB9 #B9993C

tetradic

#3CB999 #5A3CB9 #B93C5C #9AB93C

square

#3CB999 #5A3CB9 #B93C5C #9AB93C

split-complementary

#3CB999 #B93C9A #B95A3C

monochromatic

#1E5D4D #2D8B73 #3CB999 #65CDB2 #93DCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3CB999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#3CB999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB999

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB999	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.119 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfb7',
    500: '#3cb999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb999;
$custom-light: #81cfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.64,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70909,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB999

secondary

#C78999

accent

#4D71DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB999

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

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