#3CB8A6#3CB8A6

#3CB8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8A6
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(171, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -38.04, -0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 38.05, 181.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.1107 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.111 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8836, 37.9919, 42.0380)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8A6 #B83C4E

analogous

#3CB868 #3CB8A6 #3C8CB8

triadic

#3CB8A6 #A63CB8 #B8A63C

tetradic

#3CB8A6 #683CB8 #B83C4E #8CB83C

square

#3CB8A6 #683CB8 #B83C4E #8CB83C

split-complementary

#3CB8A6 #B83C8C #B8683C

monochromatic

#1E5C53 #2D8A7C #3CB8A6 #65CDBE #93DCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3CB8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#3CB8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8A6

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8A6	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0ADA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec0',
    500: '#3cb8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8a6;
$custom-light: #82cec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.29,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71041,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8A6

secondary

#C78992

accent

#4D62DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8A6

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

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