#3CB5B8#3CB5B8

#3CB5B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.104 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5B8
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 184)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -31.63, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 33.58, 199.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0996 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.104 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0352, 37.4660, 51.1449)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5B8 #B83F3C

analogous

#3CB87D #3CB5B8 #3C77B8

triadic

#3CB5B8 #B83CB5 #B5B83C

tetradic

#3CB5B8 #7D3CB8 #B83F3C #77B83C

square

#3CB5B8 #7D3CB8 #B83F3C #77B83C

split-complementary

#3CB5B8 #B83C77 #B87D3C

monochromatic

#1E5A5C #2D888A #3CB5B8 #65CACD #93DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#3CB5B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#3CB5B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5B8

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5B8	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)

#A9ADB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.104 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbcd',
    500: '#3cb5b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5b8;
$custom-light: #83cbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.452,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70899,
    "c": 0.1044,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5B8

secondary

#C78A89

accent

#514DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5B8

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

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