#3CB5B5#3CB5B5

#3CB5B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.104 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5B5
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 181)
HSL	hsl(180, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -32.49, -9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 33.93, 196.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.1009 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.104 195)
XYZ	xyz(26.7241, 37.3416, 49.5063)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5B5 #B53C3C

analogous

#3CB579 #3CB5B5 #3C79B5

triadic

#3CB5B5 #B53CB5 #B5B53C

tetradic

#3CB5B5 #793CB5 #B53C3C #79B53C

square

#3CB5B5 #793CB5 #B53C3C #79B53C

split-complementary

#3CB5B5 #B53C79 #B5793C

monochromatic

#1E5959 #2D8787 #3CB5B5 #63CBCB #91DBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#3CB5B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#3CB5B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5B5

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5B5	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.104 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbcb',
    500: '#3cb5b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5b5;
$custom-light: #83cbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70793,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.37345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5B5

secondary

#C68787

accent

#4E4EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5B5

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

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