#3CB6C4#3CB6C4

#3CB6C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.106 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB6C4
RGB	rgb(60, 182, 196)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 7.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -28.56, -16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 33.17, 210.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0955 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.106 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5509, 38.3988, 58.1208)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB6C4 #C44A3C

analogous

#3CC48E #3CB6C4 #3C72C4

triadic

#3CB6C4 #C43CB6 #B6C43C

tetradic

#3CB6C4 #8E3CC4 #C44A3C #72C43C

square

#3CB6C4 #8E3CC4 #C44A3C #72C43C

split-complementary

#3CB6C4 #C43C72 #C48E3C

monochromatic

#1F5F67 #2D8B96 #3CB6C4 #6BC8D2 #9AD9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3CB6C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#3CB6C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB6C4

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB6C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB6C4	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)

#A7AFC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A0C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb6c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 182, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.106 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ccd5',
    500: '#3cb6c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb6c4;
$custom-light: #84ccd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb6c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.176,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71584,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB6C4

secondary

#CC9690

accent

#5A4BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB6C4

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

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