#3CB496#3CB496

#3CB496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.115 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB496
RGB	rgb(60, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(165, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -40.39, 5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 40.78, 172.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.114 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.115 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6870, 35.8026, 34.5105)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB496 #B43C5A

analogous

#3CB45A #3CB496 #3C96B4

triadic

#3CB496 #963CB4 #B4963C

tetradic

#3CB496 #5A3CB4 #B43C5A #96B43C

square

#3CB496 #5A3CB4 #B43C5A #96B43C

split-complementary

#3CB496 #B43C96 #B45A3C

monochromatic

#1D584A #2D8670 #3CB496 #62CBB1 #90DAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#3CB496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#3CB496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB496

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB496	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.115 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbb4',
    500: '#3cb496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb496;
$custom-light: #80cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69562,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB496

secondary

#C58796

accent

#4E71DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB496

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

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