#3CB6B8#3CB6B8

#3CB6B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.105 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB6B8
RGB	rgb(60, 182, 184)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -32.11, -10.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 33.88, 198.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.1006 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.105 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2393, 37.8741, 51.2130)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB6B8 #B83E3C

analogous

#3CB87C #3CB6B8 #3C78B8

triadic

#3CB6B8 #B83CB6 #B6B83C

tetradic

#3CB6B8 #7C3CB8 #B83E3C #78B83C

square

#3CB6B8 #7C3CB8 #B83E3C #78B83C

split-complementary

#3CB6B8 #B83C78 #B87C3C

monochromatic

#1E5B5C #2D888A #3CB6B8 #65CBCD #93DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3CB6B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#3CB6B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB6B8

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB6B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB6B8	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAADB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb6b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 182, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.105 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cccd',
    500: '#3cb6b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb6b8;
$custom-light: #83cccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb6b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.968,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71144,
    "c": 0.10502,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB6B8

secondary

#C78A89

accent

#504DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB6B8

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

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