#3CB8B6#3CB8B6

#3CB8B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.106 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8B6
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 182)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -33.63, -8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 34.79, 194.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1035 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.106 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4437, 38.6159, 50.2542)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8B6 #B83C3E

analogous

#3CB878 #3CB8B6 #3C7CB8

triadic

#3CB8B6 #B63CB8 #B8B63C

tetradic

#3CB8B6 #783CB8 #B83C3E #7CB83C

square

#3CB8B6 #783CB8 #B83C3E #7CB83C

split-complementary

#3CB8B6 #B83C7C #B8783C

monochromatic

#1E5C5B #2D8A88 #3CB8B6 #65CDCB #93DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3CB8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#3CB8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8B6

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8B6	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)

#ADAFB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.106 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cecb',
    500: '#3cb8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8b6;
$custom-light: #83cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.032,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71565,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8B6

secondary

#C7898A

accent

#4D50DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8B6

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

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