#3CB4B8#3CB4B8

#3CB4B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.104 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB4B8
RGB	rgb(60, 180, 184)
HSL	hsl(182, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -31.15, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 33.29, 200.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0986 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.104 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8326, 37.0608, 51.0774)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB4B8 #B8403C

analogous

#3CB87E #3CB4B8 #3C76B8

triadic

#3CB4B8 #B83CB4 #B4B83C

tetradic

#3CB4B8 #7E3CB8 #B8403C #76B83C

square

#3CB4B8 #7E3CB8 #B8403C #76B83C

split-complementary

#3CB4B8 #B83C76 #B87E3C

monochromatic

#1E5A5C #2D878A #3CB4B8 #65C9CD #93D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#3CB4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#3CB4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB4B8

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB4B8	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 180, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.104 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbcd',
    500: '#3cb4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb4b8;
$custom-light: #83cbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.935,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70654,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB4B8

secondary

#C78B89

accent

#524DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB4B8

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

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