#3CA9B5#3CA9B5

#3CA9B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.098 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA9B5
RGB	rgb(60, 169, 181)
HSL	hsl(186, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 6.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, -26.64, -15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 30.69, 209.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.0885 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.098 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3884, 32.6701, 48.7277)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA9B5 #B5483C

analogous

#3CB584 #3CA9B5 #3C6DB5

triadic

#3CA9B5 #B53CA9 #A9B53C

tetradic

#3CA9B5 #843CB5 #B5483C #6DB53C

square

#3CA9B5 #843CB5 #B5483C #6DB53C

split-complementary

#3CA9B5 #B53C6D #B5843C

monochromatic

#1E5359 #2D7E87 #3CA9B5 #63C1CB #91D3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#3CA9B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#3CA9B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA9B5

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA9B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA9B5	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A95B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 169, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.098 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3cb',
    500: '#3ca9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca9b5;
$custom-light: #81c3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.95,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67849,
    "c": 0.09808,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA9B5

secondary

#C68D87

accent

#5C4EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA9B5

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

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