#3CB5B7#3CB5B7

#3CB5B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.104 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5B7
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 183)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -31.92, -10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 33.69, 198.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.1 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.104 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9308, 37.4242, 50.5948)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5B7 #B73E3C

analogous

#3CB77C #3CB5B7 #3C77B7

triadic

#3CB5B7 #B73CB5 #B5B73C

tetradic

#3CB5B7 #7C3CB7 #B73E3C #77B73C

square

#3CB5B7 #7C3CB7 #B73E3C #77B73C

split-complementary

#3CB5B7 #B73C77 #B77C3C

monochromatic

#1E5A5B #2D8789 #3CB5B7 #64CACC #92DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#3CB5B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#3CB5B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5B7

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5B7	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.104 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbcc',
    500: '#3cb5b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5b7;
$custom-light: #83cbcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.976,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70863,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5B7

secondary

#C68988

accent

#504EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5B7

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

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