#3CB8AD#3CB8AD

#3CB8AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.108 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8AD
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 173)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -36.15, -4.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 36.41, 186.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.1075 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.108 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5433, 38.2558, 45.5123)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8AD #B83C47

analogous

#3CB86F #3CB8AD #3C85B8

triadic

#3CB8AD #AD3CB8 #B8AD3C

tetradic

#3CB8AD #6F3CB8 #B83C47 #85B83C

square

#3CB8AD #6F3CB8 #B83C47 #85B83C

split-complementary

#3CB8AD #B83C85 #B86F3C

monochromatic

#1E5C56 #2D8A82 #3CB8AD #65CDC3 #93DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3CB8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#3CB8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8AD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8AD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.108 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec5',
    500: '#3cb8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8ad;
$custom-light: #82cec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.677,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71264,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8AD

secondary

#C7898E

accent

#4D5ADA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8AD

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

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