#3CB8A0#3CB8A0

#3CB8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.114 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8A0
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 160)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 13%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -39.62, 2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 39.68, 176.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.1135 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.114 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3460, 37.7769, 39.2068)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8A0 #B83C54

analogous

#3CB862 #3CB8A0 #3C92B8

triadic

#3CB8A0 #A03CB8 #B8A03C

tetradic

#3CB8A0 #623CB8 #B83C54 #92B83C

square

#3CB8A0 #623CB8 #B83C54 #92B83C

split-complementary

#3CB8A0 #B83C92 #B8623C

monochromatic

#1E5C50 #2D8A78 #3CB8A0 #65CDB8 #93DCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#3CB8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#3CB8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8A0

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8A0	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AD9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.114 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cebc',
    500: '#3cb8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8a0;
$custom-light: #82cebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.387,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70859,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8A0

secondary

#C78995

accent

#4D69DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8A0

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

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