#3CB8CF#3CB8CF

#3CB8CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB8CF
RGB	rgb(60, 184, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 11.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -26.19, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 33.85, 219.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.093 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.111 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2617, 39.7431, 65.0957)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB8CF #CF533C

analogous

#3CCF9D #3CB8CF #3C6ECF

triadic

#3CB8CF #CF3CB8 #B8CF3C

tetradic

#3CB8CF #9D3CCF #CF533C #6ECF3C

square

#3CB8CF #9D3CCF #CF533C #6ECF3C

split-complementary

#3CB8CF #CF3C6E #CF9D3C

monochromatic

#1D6674 #2992A5 #3CB8CF #6DCADB #9EDCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3CB8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#3CB8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB8CF

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB8CF	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 184, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cddd',
    500: '#3cb8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb8cf;
$custom-light: #86cddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.388,
    "s": 60.494,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72493,
    "c": 0.11052,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB8CF

secondary

#D39D93

accent

#5D44E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB8CF

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

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