#3CB8BD#3CB8BD

#3CB8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.106 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8BD
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -31.61, -12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 33.97, 201.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.1005 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.106 199)
XYZ	xyz(28.1852, 38.9125, 54.1597)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8BD #BD413C

analogous

#3CBD82 #3CB8BD #3C78BD

triadic

#3CB8BD #BD3CB8 #B8BD3C

tetradic

#3CB8BD #823CBD #BD413C #78BD3C

square

#3CB8BD #823CBD #BD413C #78BD3C

split-complementary

#3CB8BD #BD3C78 #BD823C

monochromatic

#1F5E60 #2D8B8F #3CB8BD #67CBCF #96DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3CB8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#3CB8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8BD

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8BD	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.106 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdd0',
    500: '#3cb8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8bd;
$custom-light: #84cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.326,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71811,
    "c": 0.10626,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.38916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8BD

secondary

#C98E8C

accent

#524DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8BD

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

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