#3CB8CC#3CB8CC

#3CB8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8CC
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -27.12, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 33.67, 216.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0942 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.109 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8984, 39.5978, 63.1824)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8CC #CC503C

analogous

#3CCC98 #3CB8CC #3C70CC

triadic

#3CB8CC #CC3CB8 #B8CC3C

tetradic

#3CB8CC #983CCC #CC503C #70CC3C

square

#3CB8CC #983CCC #CC503C #70CC3C

split-complementary

#3CB8CC #CC3C70 #CC983C

monochromatic

#1D6570 #2A90A1 #3CB8CC #6DCAD9 #9DDBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3CB8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#3CB8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8CC

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8CC	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cddb',
    500: '#3cb8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8cc;
$custom-light: #85cddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72375,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8CC

secondary

#D19B92

accent

#5C46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8CC

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

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