#3CA5B8#3CA5B8

#3CA5B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.098 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA5B8
RGB	rgb(60, 165, 184)
HSL	hsl(189, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 10.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -23.70, -18.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 30.13, 218.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% -0.0831 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.098 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9667, 31.3290, 50.1221)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA5B8 #B84F3C

analogous

#3CB88D #3CA5B8 #3C67B8

triadic

#3CA5B8 #B83CA5 #A5B83C

tetradic

#3CA5B8 #8D3CB8 #B84F3C #67B83C

square

#3CA5B8 #8D3CB8 #B84F3C #67B83C

split-complementary

#3CA5B8 #B83C67 #B88D3C

monochromatic

#1E525C #2D7C8A #3CA5B8 #65BDCD #93D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#3CA5B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#3CA5B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA5B8

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA5B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA5B8	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8492B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca5b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 165, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.098 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0cd',
    500: '#3ca5b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca5b8;
$custom-light: #81c0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca5b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.194,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6699,
    "c": 0.09787,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA5B8

secondary

#C79289

accent

#634DDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA5B8

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

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