#3CB5C7#3CB5C7

#3CB5C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.107 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5C7
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 199)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -27.16, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 33.04, 214.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0933 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.107 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6917, 38.1286, 59.8692)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5C7 #C74E3C

analogous

#3CC793 #3CB5C7 #3C6FC7

triadic

#3CB5C7 #C73CB5 #B5C73C

tetradic

#3CB5C7 #933CC7 #C74E3C #6FC73C

square

#3CB5C7 #933CC7 #C74E3C #6FC73C

split-complementary

#3CB5C7 #C73C6F #C7933C

monochromatic

#1E606A #2C8B9A #3CB5C7 #6CC7D5 #9BD9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3CB5C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#3CB5C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5C7

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5C7	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.107 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbd8',
    500: '#3cb5c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5c7;
$custom-light: #84cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.77,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71457,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5C7

secondary

#CE9991

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5C7

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

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