#3CB8BA#3CB8BA

#3CB8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.106 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8BA
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -32.48, -10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 34.27, 198.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.1018 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.106 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8629, 38.7836, 52.4624)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8BA #BA3E3C

analogous

#3CBA7D #3CB8BA #3C79BA

triadic

#3CB8BA #BA3CB8 #B8BA3C

tetradic

#3CB8BA #7D3CBA #BA3E3C #79BA3C

square

#3CB8BA #7D3CBA #BA3E3C #79BA3C

split-complementary

#3CB8BA #BA3C79 #BA7D3C

monochromatic

#1E5C5D #2D8A8C #3CB8BA #66CCCE #94DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3CB8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#3CB8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8BA

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8BA	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.106 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cece',
    500: '#3cb8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8ba;
$custom-light: #83cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.952,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71704,
    "c": 0.10622,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8BA

secondary

#C88B8A

accent

#4F4DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8BA

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

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