#3CB5BE#3CB5BE

#3CB5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.105 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5BE
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -29.86, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 33.12, 205.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.097 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.105 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6775, 37.7229, 54.5278)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5BE #BE453C

analogous

#3CBE86 #3CB5BE #3C74BE

triadic

#3CB5BE #BE3CB5 #B5BE3C

tetradic

#3CB5BE #863CBE #BE453C #74BE3C

square

#3CB5BE #863CBE #BE453C #74BE3C

split-complementary

#3CB5BE #BE3C74 #BE863C

monochromatic

#1F5C61 #2D898F #3CB5BE #68C8CF #96D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#3CB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#3CB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5BE

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5BE	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.105 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd1',
    500: '#3cb5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5be;
$custom-light: #83cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.154,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71116,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5BE

secondary

#CA918C

accent

#564CDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5BE

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

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