#3CB6C8#3CB6C8

#3CB6C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.108 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB6C8
RGB	rgb(60, 182, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -27.35, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 33.22, 214.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0938 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.108 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0123, 38.5833, 60.5507)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB6C8 #C84E3C

analogous

#3CC894 #3CB6C8 #3C70C8

triadic

#3CB6C8 #C83CB6 #B6C83C

tetradic

#3CB6C8 #943CC8 #C84E3C #70C83C

square

#3CB6C8 #943CC8 #C84E3C #70C83C

split-complementary

#3CB6C8 #C83C70 #C8943C

monochromatic

#1E616B #2C8D9B #3CB6C8 #6CC8D5 #9BDAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3CB6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#3CB6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB6C8

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB6C8	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 182, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.108 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ccd8',
    500: '#3cb6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb6c8;
$custom-light: #85ccd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71737,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB6C8

secondary

#CF9991

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB6C8

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

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