#3CB6CE#3CB6CE

#3CB6CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.110 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB6CE
RGB	rgb(60, 182, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -25.50, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 33.58, 220.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0914 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.11 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7273, 38.8693, 64.3164)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB6CE #CE543C

analogous

#3CCE9D #3CB6CE #3C6DCE

triadic

#3CB6CE #CE3CB6 #B6CE3C

tetradic

#3CB6CE #9D3CCE #CE543C #6DCE3C

square

#3CB6CE #9D3CCE #CE543C #6DCE3C

split-complementary

#3CB6CE #CE3C6D #CE9D3C

monochromatic

#1D6573 #2990A4 #3CB6CE #6DC8DA #9EDBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3CB6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#3CB6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB6CE

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB6CE	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 182, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.110 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ccdd',
    500: '#3cb6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb6ce;
$custom-light: #85ccdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.863,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71974,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB6CE

secondary

#D39E93

accent

#5F45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB6CE

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

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