#3CB5BA#3CB5BA

#3CB5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.104 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5BA
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 186)
HSL	hsl(182, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -31.04, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 33.39, 201.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0987 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.104 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2464, 37.5505, 52.2569)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5BA #BA413C

analogous

#3CBA80 #3CB5BA #3C76BA

triadic

#3CB5BA #BA3CB5 #B5BA3C

tetradic

#3CB5BA #803CBA #BA413C #76BA3C

square

#3CB5BA #803CBA #BA413C #76BA3C

split-complementary

#3CB5BA #BA3C76 #BA803C

monochromatic

#1E5B5D #2D888C #3CB5BA #66C9CE #94DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#3CB5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#3CB5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5BA

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5BA	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.104 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbce',
    500: '#3cb5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5ba;
$custom-light: #83cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.381,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7097,
    "c": 0.10446,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5BA

secondary

#C88C8A

accent

#534DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5BA

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

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