#3CB4A8#3CB4A8

#3CB4A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.106 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB4A8
RGB	rgb(60, 180, 168)
HSL	hsl(174, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 6.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -35.67, -3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 35.85, 185.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.1057 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.106 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2493, 36.4275, 42.7387)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB4A8 #B43C48

analogous

#3CB46C #3CB4A8 #3C84B4

triadic

#3CB4A8 #A83CB4 #B4A83C

tetradic

#3CB4A8 #6C3CB4 #B43C48 #84B43C

square

#3CB4A8 #6C3CB4 #B43C48 #84B43C

split-complementary

#3CB4A8 #B43C84 #B46C3C

monochromatic

#1D5852 #2D867D #3CB4A8 #62CBC0 #90DAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#3CB4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#3CB4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB4A8

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB4A8	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 180, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.106 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbc1',
    500: '#3cb4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb4a8;
$custom-light: #81cbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70108,
    "c": 0.10618,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB4A8

secondary

#C5878D

accent

#4E5CDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB4A8

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

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