#3CB8B5#3CB8B5

#3CB8B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.107 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8B5
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 181)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 1.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -33.91, -8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 34.94, 193.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.104 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.107 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3407, 38.5747, 49.7118)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8B5 #B83C3F

analogous

#3CB877 #3CB8B5 #3C7DB8

triadic

#3CB8B5 #B53CB8 #B8B53C

tetradic

#3CB8B5 #773CB8 #B83C3F #7DB83C

square

#3CB8B5 #773CB8 #B83C3F #7DB83C

split-complementary

#3CB8B5 #B83C7D #B8773C

monochromatic

#1E5C5A #2D8A88 #3CB8B5 #65CDCA #93DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3CB8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#3CB8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8B5

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8B5	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.107 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cecb',
    500: '#3cb8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8b5;
$custom-light: #83cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.548,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71531,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8B5

secondary

#C7898A

accent

#4D51DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8B5

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

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