#3CA8B4#3CA8B4

#3CA8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.097 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA8B4
RGB	rgb(60, 168, 180)
HSL	hsl(186, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -26.44, -15.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 30.49, 209.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.0879 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.097 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1008, 32.2585, 48.1275)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA8B4 #B4483C

analogous

#3CB484 #3CA8B4 #3C6CB4

triadic

#3CA8B4 #B43CA8 #A8B43C

tetradic

#3CA8B4 #843CB4 #B4483C #6CB43C

square

#3CA8B4 #843CB4 #B4483C #6CB43C

split-complementary

#3CA8B4 #B43C6C #B4843C

monochromatic

#1D5258 #2D7D86 #3CA8B4 #62C0CB #90D3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#3CA8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#3CA8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA8B4

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA8B4	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8994B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 168, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.097 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2ca',
    500: '#3ca8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca8b4;
$custom-light: #81c2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67566,
    "c": 0.09746,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA8B4

secondary

#C58D87

accent

#5C4EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA8B4

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

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