#3CB8C6#3CB8C6

#3CB8C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.108 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8C6
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 198)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 7.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -28.94, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 33.54, 210.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0967 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.108 206)
XYZ	xyz(29.1926, 39.3155, 59.4652)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8C6 #C64A3C

analogous

#3CC68F #3CB8C6 #3C73C6

triadic

#3CB8C6 #C63CB8 #B8C63C

tetradic

#3CB8C6 #8F3CC6 #C64A3C #73C63C

square

#3CB8C6 #8F3CC6 #C64A3C #73C63C

split-complementary

#3CB8C6 #C63C73 #C68F3C

monochromatic

#1F6169 #2D8D98 #3CB8C6 #6BC9D4 #9BDAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3CB8C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#3CB8C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8C6

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8C6	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B1C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A2C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.108 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cdd7',
    500: '#3cb8c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8c6;
$custom-light: #85cdd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.087,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72143,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.39319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8C6

secondary

#CE9690

accent

#594ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8C6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →