#3CB8BF#3CB8BF

#3CB8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.106 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8BF
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -31.02, -13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 33.82, 203.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0996 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.106 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4038, 39.0000, 55.3109)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8BF #BF433C

analogous

#3CBF85 #3CB8BF #3C77BF

triadic

#3CB8BF #BF3CB8 #B8BF3C

tetradic

#3CB8BF #853CBF #BF433C #77BF3C

square

#3CB8BF #853CBF #BF433C #77BF3C

split-complementary

#3CB8BF #BF3C77 #BF853C

monochromatic

#1F5E62 #2D8B90 #3CB8BF #68CAD0 #97DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3CB8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#3CB8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8BF

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8BF	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.106 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdd2',
    500: '#3cb8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8bf;
$custom-light: #84cdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.206,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71884,
    "c": 0.1064,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8BF

secondary

#CA908D

accent

#544CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8BF

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

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