#3CA5B4#3CA5B4

#3CA5B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.096 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA5B4
RGB	rgb(60, 165, 180)
HSL	hsl(188, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -24.93, -16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 29.93, 213.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0848 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.096 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5533, 31.1636, 47.9450)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA5B4 #B44B3C

analogous

#3CB487 #3CA5B4 #3C69B4

triadic

#3CA5B4 #B43CA5 #A5B43C

tetradic

#3CA5B4 #873CB4 #B44B3C #69B43C

square

#3CA5B4 #873CB4 #B44B3C #69B43C

split-complementary

#3CA5B4 #B43C69 #B4873C

monochromatic

#1D5158 #2D7B86 #3CA5B4 #62BECB #90D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#3CA5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#3CA5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA5B4

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA5B4	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8592B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 165, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.096 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0ca',
    500: '#3ca5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca5b4;
$custom-light: #81c0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66832,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA5B4

secondary

#C58F87

accent

#604EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA5B4

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

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