#3CB8B4#3CB8B4

#3CB8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.107 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8B4
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 180)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -34.20, -7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 35.10, 193.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.1044 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.107 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2384, 38.5338, 49.1734)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8B4 #B83C40

analogous

#3CB876 #3CB8B4 #3C7EB8

triadic

#3CB8B4 #B43CB8 #B8B43C

tetradic

#3CB8B4 #763CB8 #B83C40 #7EB83C

square

#3CB8B4 #763CB8 #B83C40 #7EB83C

split-complementary

#3CB8B4 #B83C7E #B8763C

monochromatic

#1E5C5A #2D8A87 #3CB8B4 #65CDC9 #93DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3CB8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#3CB8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8B4

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8B4	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.107 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ceca',
    500: '#3cb8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8b4;
$custom-light: #83ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.065,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71496,
    "c": 0.10672,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8B4

secondary

#C7898B

accent

#4D52DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8B4

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

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