#3CA8BA#3CA8BA

#3CA8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.099 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA8BA
RGB	rgb(60, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(189, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, -24.61, -18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 30.63, 216.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0854 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.099 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7253, 32.5083, 51.4165)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA8BA #BA4E3C

analogous

#3CBA8D #3CA8BA #3C69BA

triadic

#3CA8BA #BA3CA8 #A8BA3C

tetradic

#3CA8BA #8D3CBA #BA4E3C #69BA3C

square

#3CA8BA #8D3CBA #BA4E3C #69BA3C

split-complementary

#3CA8BA #BA3C69 #BA8D3C

monochromatic

#1E545D #2D7E8C #3CA8BA #66BFCE #94D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#3CA8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#3CA8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA8BA

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA8BA	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.099 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2ce',
    500: '#3ca8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca8ba;
$custom-light: #82c2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67799,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA8BA

secondary

#C8938A

accent

#614DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA8BA

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

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