#3CB5B2#3CB5B2

#3CB5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.105 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5B2
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 178)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -33.35, -8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 34.35, 193.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.1022 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.105 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4196, 37.2198, 47.9026)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5B2 #B53C3F

analogous

#3CB575 #3CB5B2 #3C7CB5

triadic

#3CB5B2 #B23CB5 #B5B23C

tetradic

#3CB5B2 #753CB5 #B53C3F #7CB53C

square

#3CB5B2 #753CB5 #B53C3F #7CB53C

split-complementary

#3CB5B2 #B53C7C #B5753C

monochromatic

#1E5958 #2D8785 #3CB5B2 #63CBC9 #91DBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#3CB5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#3CB5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5B2

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5B2	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAACB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.105 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbc9',
    500: '#3cb5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5b2;
$custom-light: #82cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.512,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70689,
    "c": 0.10477,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5B2

secondary

#C68789

accent

#4E52DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5B2

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

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