#3CB4B6#3CB4B6

#3CB4B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.104 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB4B6
RGB	rgb(60, 180, 182)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 1.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -31.73, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 33.49, 198.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0994 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.104 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6245, 36.9776, 49.9811)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB4B6 #B63E3C

analogous

#3CB67B #3CB4B6 #3C77B6

triadic

#3CB4B6 #B63CB4 #B4B63C

tetradic

#3CB4B6 #7B3CB6 #B63E3C #77B63C

square

#3CB4B6 #7B3CB6 #B63E3C #77B63C

split-complementary

#3CB4B6 #B63C77 #B67B3C

monochromatic

#1E595A #2D8688 #3CB4B6 #63CACC #91DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#3CB4B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#3CB4B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB4B6

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB4B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB4B6	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb4b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 180, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.104 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbcb',
    500: '#3cb4b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb4b6;
$custom-light: #83cbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb4b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.984,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70583,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB4B6

secondary

#C68988

accent

#504EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB4B6

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

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