#3CB5BC#3CB5BC

#3CB5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.105 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5BC
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -30.46, -13.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 33.24, 203.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0979 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.105 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4605, 37.6361, 53.3845)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5BC #BC433C

analogous

#3CBC83 #3CB5BC #3C75BC

triadic

#3CB5BC #BC3CB5 #B5BC3C

tetradic

#3CB5BC #833CBC #BC433C #75BC3C

square

#3CB5BC #833CBC #BC433C #75BC3C

split-complementary

#3CB5BC #BC3C75 #BC833C

monochromatic

#1E5C5F #2D888E #3CB5BC #67C9CE #95D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3CB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#3CB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5BC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5BC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.105 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd0',
    500: '#3cb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5bc;
$custom-light: #83cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.281,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71043,
    "c": 0.1046,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5BC

secondary

#C98F8B

accent

#554DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5BC

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

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