#3CB4B5#3CB4B5

#3CB4B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.104 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB4B5
RGB	rgb(60, 180, 181)
HSL	hsl(180, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -32.02, -10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 33.61, 197.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0999 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.104 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5215, 36.9364, 49.4388)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB4B5 #B53D3C

analogous

#3CB57A #3CB4B5 #3C77B5

triadic

#3CB4B5 #B53CB4 #B4B53C

tetradic

#3CB4B5 #7A3CB5 #B53D3C #77B53C

square

#3CB4B5 #7A3CB5 #B53D3C #77B53C

split-complementary

#3CB4B5 #B53C77 #B57A3C

monochromatic

#1E5959 #2D8687 #3CB4B5 #63CACB #91DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#3CB4B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#3CB4B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB4B5

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB4B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB4B5	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb4b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 180, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.104 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbcb',
    500: '#3cb4b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb4b5;
$custom-light: #83cbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb4b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.496,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70547,
    "c": 0.10383,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB4B5

secondary

#C68887

accent

#4F4EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB4B5

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

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