#3CB5BF#3CB5BF

#3CB5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.105 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5BF
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -29.57, -14.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 33.07, 206.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0966 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.105 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7872, 37.7668, 55.1054)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5BF #BF463C

analogous

#3CBF88 #3CB5BF #3C74BF

triadic

#3CB5BF #BF3CB5 #B5BF3C

tetradic

#3CB5BF #883CBF #BF463C #74BF3C

square

#3CB5BF #883CBF #BF463C #74BF3C

split-complementary

#3CB5BF #BF3C74 #BF883C

monochromatic

#1F5D62 #2D8990 #3CB5BF #68C8D0 #97D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3CB5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#3CB5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5BF

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5BF	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	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)

#A7ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.105 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbd2',
    500: '#3cb5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5bf;
$custom-light: #84cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.58,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71153,
    "c": 0.10497,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5BF

secondary

#CA928D

accent

#574CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5BF

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

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