#3CB5B4#3CB5B4

#3CB5B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.105 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5B4
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 180)
HSL	hsl(180, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -32.78, -9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 34.06, 195.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.1013 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.105 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6219, 37.3007, 48.9679)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5B4 #B53C3D

analogous

#3CB577 #3CB5B4 #3C7AB5

triadic

#3CB5B4 #B43CB5 #B5B43C

tetradic

#3CB5B4 #773CB5 #B53C3D #7AB53C

square

#3CB5B4 #773CB5 #B53C3D #7AB53C

split-complementary

#3CB5B4 #B53C7A #B5773C

monochromatic

#1E5959 #2D8786 #3CB5B4 #63CBCA #91DBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#3CB5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#3CB5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5B4

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5B4	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAACB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.105 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbca',
    500: '#3cb5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5b4;
$custom-light: #83cbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.504,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70758,
    "c": 0.10456,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5B4

secondary

#C68788

accent

#4E4FDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5B4

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

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