#3CB8B7#3CB8B7

#3CB8B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.106 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8B7
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 183)
HSL	hsl(180, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -33.34, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 34.65, 195.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.1031 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.106 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5474, 38.6574, 50.8004)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8B7 #B83C3D

analogous

#3CB879 #3CB8B7 #3C7BB8

triadic

#3CB8B7 #B73CB8 #B8B73C

tetradic

#3CB8B7 #793CB8 #B83C3D #7BB83C

square

#3CB8B7 #793CB8 #B83C3D #7BB83C

split-complementary

#3CB8B7 #B83C7B #B8793C

monochromatic

#1E5C5B #2D8A89 #3CB8B7 #65CDCC #93DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3CB8B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#3CB8B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8B7

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8B7	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.106 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cecc',
    500: '#3cb8b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8b7;
$custom-light: #83cecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.516,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71599,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8B7

secondary

#C78989

accent

#4D4FDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8B7

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

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