#3CB5AE#3CB5AE

#3CB5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.105 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5AE
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -34.48, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 35.03, 190.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.104 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.105 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0238, 37.0615, 45.8183)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5AE #B53C43

analogous

#3CB572 #3CB5AE #3C80B5

triadic

#3CB5AE #AE3CB5 #B5AE3C

tetradic

#3CB5AE #723CB5 #B53C43 #80B53C

square

#3CB5AE #723CB5 #B53C43 #80B53C

split-complementary

#3CB5AE #B53C80 #B5723C

monochromatic

#1E5956 #2D8782 #3CB5AE #63CBC5 #91DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#3CB5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#3CB5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5AE

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5AE	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)

#ABACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.105 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbc6',
    500: '#3cb5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5ae;
$custom-light: #82cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.529,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70554,
    "c": 0.10545,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5AE

secondary

#C6878B

accent

#4E56DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5AE

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

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