#3CB5BD#3CB5BD

#3CB5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.105 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5BD
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -30.16, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 33.17, 204.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0974 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.105 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5686, 37.6794, 53.9542)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5BD #BD443C

analogous

#3CBD85 #3CB5BD #3C75BD

triadic

#3CB5BD #BD3CB5 #B5BD3C

tetradic

#3CB5BD #853CBD #BD443C #75BD3C

square

#3CB5BD #853CBD #BD443C #75BD3C

split-complementary

#3CB5BD #BD3C75 #BD853C

monochromatic

#1F5C60 #2D898F #3CB5BD #67C8CF #96D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3CB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#3CB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5BD

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5BD	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.105 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd0',
    500: '#3cb5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5bd;
$custom-light: #83cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.721,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7108,
    "c": 0.1047,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5BD

secondary

#C9908C

accent

#554DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5BD

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

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