#3CB5CA#3CB5CA

#3CB5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.108 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5CA
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -26.24, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 33.18, 217.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.092 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.108 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0435, 38.2693, 61.7217)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5CA #CA513C

analogous

#3CCA98 #3CB5CA #3C6ECA

triadic

#3CB5CA #CA3CB5 #B5CA3C

tetradic

#3CB5CA #983CCA #CA513C #6ECA3C

square

#3CB5CA #983CCA #CA513C #6ECA3C

split-complementary

#3CB5CA #CA3C6E #CA983C

monochromatic

#1E626E #2B8D9E #3CB5CA #6CC7D7 #9CDAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3CB5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#3CB5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5CA

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5CA	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.108 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbda',
    500: '#3cb5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5ca;
$custom-light: #85cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.873,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71575,
    "c": 0.10801,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5CA

secondary

#D09B92

accent

#5E47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5CA

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

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