#3CB8B2#3CB8B2

#3CB8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.107 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8B2
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -34.76, -6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 35.44, 191.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.1053 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.107 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0362, 38.4529, 48.1081)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8B2 #B83C42

analogous

#3CB874 #3CB8B2 #3C80B8

triadic

#3CB8B2 #B23CB8 #B8B23C

tetradic

#3CB8B2 #743CB8 #B83C42 #80B83C

square

#3CB8B2 #743CB8 #B83C42 #80B83C

split-complementary

#3CB8B2 #B83C80 #B8743C

monochromatic

#1E5C59 #2D8A85 #3CB8B2 #65CDC8 #93DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#3CB8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#3CB8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8B2

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8B2	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.107 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cec9',
    500: '#3cb8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8b2;
$custom-light: #83cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.097,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71429,
    "c": 0.10706,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8B2

secondary

#C7898C

accent

#4D54DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8B2

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

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