#3CAAB8#3CAAB8

#3CAAB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.099 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CAAB8
RGB	rgb(60, 170, 184)
HSL	hsl(187, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -26.23, -16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 30.88, 211.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0883 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.099 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8862, 33.1680, 50.4286)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CAAB8 #B84A3C

analogous

#3CB888 #3CAAB8 #3C6CB8

triadic

#3CAAB8 #B83CAA #AAB83C

tetradic

#3CAAB8 #883CB8 #B84A3C #6CB83C

square

#3CAAB8 #883CB8 #B84A3C #6CB83C

split-complementary

#3CAAB8 #B83C6C #B8883C

monochromatic

#1E555C #2D7F8A #3CAAB8 #65C1CD #93D3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#3CAAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#3CAAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CAAB8

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CAAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CAAB8	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A96B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3caab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 170, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.099 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c3cd',
    500: '#3caab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3caab8;
$custom-light: #82c3cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3caab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.774,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68208,
    "c": 0.0992,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CAAB8

secondary

#C79089

accent

#5D4DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CAAB8

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

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