#3CB5BB#3CB5BB

#3CB5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.105 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5BB
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -30.75, -12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 33.31, 202.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0983 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.105 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3530, 37.5931, 52.8187)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5BB #BB423C

analogous

#3CBB81 #3CB5BB #3C75BB

triadic

#3CB5BB #BB3CB5 #B5BB3C

tetradic

#3CB5BB #813CBB #BB423C #75BB3C

square

#3CB5BB #813CBB #BB423C #75BB3C

split-complementary

#3CB5BB #BB3C75 #BB813C

monochromatic

#1E5B5E #2D888D #3CB5BB #66C9CE #95D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#3CB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#3CB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5BB

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5BB	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.105 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbcf',
    500: '#3cb5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5bb;
$custom-light: #83cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.835,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71007,
    "c": 0.10452,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5BB

secondary

#C88E8B

accent

#544DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5BB

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

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