#3CB6B9#3CB6B9

#3CB6B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.105 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB6B9
RGB	rgb(60, 182, 185)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -31.82, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 33.78, 199.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.1002 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.105 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3445, 37.9162, 51.7670)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB6B9 #B93F3C

analogous

#3CB97D #3CB6B9 #3C77B9

triadic

#3CB6B9 #B93CB6 #B6B93C

tetradic

#3CB6B9 #7D3CB9 #B93F3C #77B93C

square

#3CB6B9 #7D3CB9 #B93F3C #77B93C

split-complementary

#3CB6B9 #B93C77 #B97D3C

monochromatic

#1E5B5D #2D898B #3CB6B9 #65CBCD #93DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3CB6B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#3CB6B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB6B9

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB6B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB6B9	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)

#AAAEB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb6b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 182, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.105 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccce',
    500: '#3cb6b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb6b9;
$custom-light: #83ccce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb6b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.44,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71179,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB6B9

secondary

#C78B89

accent

#514DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB6B9

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

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