#3CB8A9#3CB8A9

#3CB8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.110 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8A9
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -37.24, -2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 37.31, 183.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.1094 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.11 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1620, 38.1033, 43.5043)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8A9 #B83C4B

analogous

#3CB86B #3CB8A9 #3C89B8

triadic

#3CB8A9 #A93CB8 #B8A93C

tetradic

#3CB8A9 #6B3CB8 #B83C4B #89B83C

square

#3CB8A9 #6B3CB8 #B83C4B #89B83C

split-complementary

#3CB8A9 #B83C89 #B86B3C

monochromatic

#1E5C54 #2D8A7F #3CB8A9 #65CDC0 #93DCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#3CB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#3CB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8A9

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8A9	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.110 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec2',
    500: '#3cb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8a9;
$custom-light: #82cec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.742,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71135,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8A9

secondary

#C78990

accent

#4D5FDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8A9

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

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