#3CB4AC#3CB4AC

#3CB4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.105 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB4AC
RGB	rgb(60, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -34.57, -5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 35.02, 189.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.1039 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.105 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6277, 36.5788, 44.7315)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB4AC #B43C44

analogous

#3CB470 #3CB4AC #3C80B4

triadic

#3CB4AC #AC3CB4 #B4AC3C

tetradic

#3CB4AC #703CB4 #B43C44 #80B43C

square

#3CB4AC #703CB4 #B43C44 #80B43C

split-complementary

#3CB4AC #B43C80 #B4703C

monochromatic

#1D5854 #2D8680 #3CB4AC #62CBC4 #90DAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#3CB4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#3CB4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB4AC

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB4AC	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.105 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbc4',
    500: '#3cb4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb4ac;
$custom-light: #82cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70239,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB4AC

secondary

#C5878B

accent

#4E58DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB4AC

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

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