#3CB8BE#3CB8BE

#3CB8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.106 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8BE
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -31.32, -12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 33.89, 202.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.1001 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.106 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2941, 38.9561, 54.7333)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8BE #BE423C

analogous

#3CBE83 #3CB8BE #3C77BE

triadic

#3CB8BE #BE3CB8 #B8BE3C

tetradic

#3CB8BE #833CBE #BE423C #77BE3C

square

#3CB8BE #833CBE #BE423C #77BE3C

split-complementary

#3CB8BE #BE3C77 #BE833C

monochromatic

#1F5E61 #2D8B8F #3CB8BE #68CBCF #96DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3CB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#3CB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8BE

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8BE	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.106 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdd1',
    500: '#3cb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8be;
$custom-light: #84cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.769,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71847,
    "c": 0.10632,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8BE

secondary

#CA8F8C

accent

#534CDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8BE

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

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