#3CB8AC#3CB8AC

#3CB8AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.109 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8AC
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 172)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -36.42, -3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 36.62, 186.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.108 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.109 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4469, 38.2172, 45.0046)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8AC #B83C48

analogous

#3CB86E #3CB8AC #3C86B8

triadic

#3CB8AC #AC3CB8 #B8AC3C

tetradic

#3CB8AC #6E3CB8 #B83C48 #86B83C

square

#3CB8AC #6E3CB8 #B83C48 #86B83C

split-complementary

#3CB8AC #B83C86 #B86E3C

monochromatic

#1E5C56 #2D8A81 #3CB8AC #65CDC3 #93DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3CB8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#3CB8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8AC

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8AC	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)

#AFAEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.109 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec4',
    500: '#3cb8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8ac;
$custom-light: #82cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.194,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71231,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8AC

secondary

#C7898F

accent

#4D5BDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8AC

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

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