#3CA8B5#3CA8B5

#3CA8B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.098 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA8B5
RGB	rgb(60, 168, 181)
HSL	hsl(186, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -26.14, -15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 30.49, 210.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% -0.0875 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.098 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2030, 32.2994, 48.6660)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA8B5 #B5493C

analogous

#3CB585 #3CA8B5 #3C6CB5

triadic

#3CA8B5 #B53CA8 #A8B53C

tetradic

#3CA8B5 #853CB5 #B5493C #6CB53C

square

#3CA8B5 #853CB5 #B5493C #6CB53C

split-complementary

#3CA8B5 #B53C6C #B5853C

monochromatic

#1E5359 #2D7D87 #3CA8B5 #63C0CB #91D3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#3CA8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#3CA8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA8B5

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA8B5	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA2B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8994B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 168, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.098 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2cb',
    500: '#3ca8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca8b5;
$custom-light: #81c2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.446,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67604,
    "c": 0.09771,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA8B5

secondary

#C68E87

accent

#5D4EDA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA8B5

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

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