#3CB3C9#3CB3C9

#3CB3C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.107 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB3C9
RGB	rgb(60, 179, 201)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -25.54, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 32.89, 219.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0904 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.107 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5217, 37.4146, 60.9656)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB3C9 #C9523C

analogous

#3CC998 #3CB3C9 #3C6CC9

triadic

#3CB3C9 #C93CB3 #B3C93C

tetradic

#3CB3C9 #983CC9 #C9523C #6CC93C

square

#3CB3C9 #983CC9 #C9523C #6CC93C

split-complementary

#3CB3C9 #C93C6C #C9983C

monochromatic

#1E606D #2B8B9C #3CB3C9 #6CC6D6 #9CD8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#3CB3C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#3CB3C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB3C9

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB3C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB3C9	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb3c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 179, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.107 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cad9',
    500: '#3cb3c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb3c9;
$custom-light: #84cad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb3c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.362,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71055,
    "c": 0.10728,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB3C9

secondary

#D09B91

accent

#6048E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB3C9

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

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