#3CB5CD#3CB5CD

#3CB5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.109 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB5CD
RGB	rgb(60, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -25.31, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 33.41, 220.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0908 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.109 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4021, 38.4128, 63.6106)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB5CD #CD543C

analogous

#3CCD9D #3CB5CD #3C6DCD

triadic

#3CB5CD #CD3CB5 #B5CD3C

tetradic

#3CB5CD #9D3CCD #CD543C #6DCD3C

square

#3CB5CD #9D3CCD #CD543C #6DCD3C

split-complementary

#3CB5CD #CD3C6D #CD9D3C

monochromatic

#1D6471 #2A8EA2 #3CB5CD #6DC7D9 #9DDAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3CB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#3CB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB5CD

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB5CD	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.109 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbdc',
    500: '#3cb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb5cd;
$custom-light: #85cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.931,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71695,
    "c": 0.10926,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB5CD

secondary

#D29D93

accent

#5F45E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB5CD

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

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