#3CA9BD#3CA9BD

#3CA9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.101 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CA9BD
RGB	rgb(60, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -24.20, -19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 30.94, 218.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0852 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.101 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2329, 33.0079, 53.1756)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CA9BD #BD503C

analogous

#3CBD91 #3CA9BD #3C69BD

triadic

#3CA9BD #BD3CA9 #A9BD3C

tetradic

#3CA9BD #913CBD #BD503C #69BD3C

square

#3CA9BD #913CBD #BD503C #69BD3C

split-complementary

#3CA9BD #BD3C69 #BD913C

monochromatic

#1F5660 #2D7F8F #3CA9BD #67BFCF #96D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#3CA9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#3CA9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CA9BD

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CA9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CA9BD	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ca9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.101 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c3d0',
    500: '#3ca9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ca9bd;
$custom-light: #82c3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ca9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.302,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68161,
    "c": 0.10066,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CA9BD

secondary

#C9958C

accent

#634DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CA9BD

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

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