#3CA8BC#3CA8BC

#3CA8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.100 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA8BC
RGB	rgb(60, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -24.00, -19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 30.76, 218.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0846 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.1 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9394, 32.5940, 52.5441)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA8BC #BC503C

analogous

#3CBC90 #3CA8BC #3C68BC

triadic

#3CA8BC #BC3CA8 #A8BC3C

tetradic

#3CA8BC #903CBC #BC503C #68BC3C

square

#3CA8BC #903CBC #BC503C #68BC3C

split-complementary

#3CA8BC #BC3C68 #BC903C

monochromatic

#1E555F #2D7F8E #3CA8BC #67BECE #95D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#3CA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#3CA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA8BC

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA8BC	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.100 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2d0',
    500: '#3ca8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca8bc;
$custom-light: #82c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.375,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67879,
    "c": 0.10007,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA8BC

secondary

#C9958B

accent

#634DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA8BC

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

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