#3CB596#3CB596

#3CB596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.116 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB596
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(165, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -40.83, 6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 41.28, 171.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.1151 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.116 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8896, 36.2078, 34.5780)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB596 #B53C5B

analogous

#3CB55A #3CB596 #3C98B5

triadic

#3CB596 #963CB5 #B5963C

tetradic

#3CB596 #5A3CB5 #B53C5B #98B53C

square

#3CB596 #5A3CB5 #B53C5B #98B53C

split-complementary

#3CB596 #B53C98 #B55A3C

monochromatic

#1E594A #2D8770 #3CB596 #63CBB1 #91DBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#3CB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#3CB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB596

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB596	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.116 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccb4',
    500: '#3cb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb596;
$custom-light: #81ccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.628,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69815,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB596

secondary

#C68797

accent

#4E72DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB596

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

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