#3CB9A0#3CB9A0

#3CB9A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.115 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9A0
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 160)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 13.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -40.06, 2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 40.16, 176.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.1146 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.115 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5545, 38.1938, 39.2762)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9A0 #B93C55

analogous

#3CB961 #3CB9A0 #3C93B9

triadic

#3CB9A0 #A03CB9 #B9A03C

tetradic

#3CB9A0 #613CB9 #B93C55 #93B93C

square

#3CB9A0 #613CB9 #B93C55 #93B93C

split-complementary

#3CB9A0 #B93C93 #B9613C

monochromatic

#1E5D50 #2D8B78 #3CB9A0 #65CDB8 #93DCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#3CB9A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#3CB9A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9A0

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9A0	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AE9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.115 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfbc',
    500: '#3cb9a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9a0;
$custom-light: #82cfbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7111,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9A0

secondary

#C78996

accent

#4D6ADA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9A0

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

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