#3CB8C4#3CB8C4

#3CB8C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.107 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8C4
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 6.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -29.54, -15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 33.58, 208.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0975 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.107 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9634, 39.2238, 58.2583)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8C4 #C4483C

analogous

#3CC48C #3CB8C4 #3C74C4

triadic

#3CB8C4 #C43CB8 #B8C43C

tetradic

#3CB8C4 #8C3CC4 #C4483C #74C43C

square

#3CB8C4 #8C3CC4 #C4483C #74C43C

split-complementary

#3CB8C4 #C43C74 #C48C3C

monochromatic

#1F6067 #2D8C96 #3CB8C4 #6BC9D2 #9ADAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3CB8C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#3CB8C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8C4

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8C4	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A2C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.107 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdd5',
    500: '#3cb8c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8c4;
$custom-light: #84cdd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72068,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8C4

secondary

#CC9590

accent

#584BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8C4

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

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