#3CAAB4#3CAAB4

#3CAAB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.098 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAAB4
RGB	rgb(60, 170, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 5.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -27.44, -14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 30.93, 207.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.09 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.098 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4729, 33.0027, 48.2515)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAAB4 #B4463C

analogous

#3CB482 #3CAAB4 #3C6EB4

triadic

#3CAAB4 #B43CAA #AAB43C

tetradic

#3CAAB4 #823CB4 #B4463C #6EB43C

square

#3CAAB4 #823CB4 #B4463C #6EB43C

split-complementary

#3CAAB4 #B43C6E #B4823C

monochromatic

#1D5358 #2D7F86 #3CAAB4 #62C2CB #90D4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#3CAAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#3CAAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAAB4

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAAB4	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)

#9DA3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B96B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 170, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.098 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3ca',
    500: '#3caab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caab4;
$custom-light: #81c3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68056,
    "c": 0.09829,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAAB4

secondary

#C58C87

accent

#5A4EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAAB4

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

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