#3CB8AB#3CB8AB

#3CB8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.109 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8AB
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 171)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 7.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -36.70, -3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 36.85, 185.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.1085 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.109 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3512, 38.1789, 44.5007)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8AB #B83C49

analogous

#3CB86D #3CB8AB #3C87B8

triadic

#3CB8AB #AB3CB8 #B8AB3C

tetradic

#3CB8AB #6D3CB8 #B83C49 #87B83C

square

#3CB8AB #6D3CB8 #B83C49 #87B83C

split-complementary

#3CB8AB #B83C87 #B86D3C

monochromatic

#1E5C55 #2D8A80 #3CB8AB #65CDC2 #93DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3CB8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#3CB8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8AB

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8AB	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.109 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec3',
    500: '#3cb8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8ab;
$custom-light: #82cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.71,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71199,
    "c": 0.10888,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8AB

secondary

#C7898F

accent

#4D5CDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8AB

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

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