#3CB5AC#3CB5AC

#3CB5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.106 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5AC
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -35.03, -5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 35.42, 188.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.1049 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.106 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8303, 36.9841, 44.7990)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5AC #B53C45

analogous

#3CB56F #3CB5AC #3C82B5

triadic

#3CB5AC #AC3CB5 #B5AC3C

tetradic

#3CB5AC #6F3CB5 #B53C45 #82B53C

square

#3CB5AC #6F3CB5 #B53C45 #82B53C

split-complementary

#3CB5AC #B53C82 #B56F3C

monochromatic

#1E5955 #2D8780 #3CB5AC #63CBC4 #91DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#3CB5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#3CB5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5AC

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5AC	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)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.106 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbc4',
    500: '#3cb5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5ac;
$custom-light: #82cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.537,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70487,
    "c": 0.10592,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5AC

secondary

#C6878C

accent

#4E58DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5AC

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

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