#3CB8B0#3CB8B0

#3CB8B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.107 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8B0
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 176)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -35.32, -5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 35.80, 189.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.1062 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.107 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8368, 38.3732, 47.0583)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8B0 #B83C44

analogous

#3CB872 #3CB8B0 #3C82B8

triadic

#3CB8B0 #B03CB8 #B8B03C

tetradic

#3CB8B0 #723CB8 #B83C44 #82B83C

square

#3CB8B0 #723CB8 #B83C44 #82B83C

split-complementary

#3CB8B0 #B83C82 #B8723C

monochromatic

#1E5C58 #2D8A84 #3CB8B0 #65CDC6 #93DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3CB8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#3CB8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8B0

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8B0	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.107 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cec7',
    500: '#3cb8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8b0;
$custom-light: #83cec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.129,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71362,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8B0

secondary

#C7898D

accent

#4D57DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8B0

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

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