#3CB8B8#3CB8B8

#3CB8B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.106 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8B8
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 184)
HSL	hsl(180, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -33.06, -9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 34.52, 196.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.1027 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.106 195)
XYZ	xyz(27.6518, 38.6992, 51.3505)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8B8 #B83C3C

analogous

#3CB87A #3CB8B8 #3C7AB8

triadic

#3CB8B8 #B83CB8 #B8B83C

tetradic

#3CB8B8 #7A3CB8 #B83C3C #7AB83C

square

#3CB8B8 #7A3CB8 #B83C3C #7AB83C

split-complementary

#3CB8B8 #B83C7A #B87A3C

monochromatic

#1E5C5C #2D8A8A #3CB8B8 #65CDCD #93DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3CB8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#3CB8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8B8

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8B8	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.106 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cecd',
    500: '#3cb8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8b8;
$custom-light: #83cecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71634,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.38702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8B8

secondary

#C78989

accent

#4D4DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8B8

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

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