#3CB9AA#3CB9AA

#3CB9AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.110 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9AA
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 170)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -37.42, -2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 37.50, 183.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.1099 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.11 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4647, 38.5579, 44.0701)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9AA #B93C4B

analogous

#3CB96B #3CB9AA #3C89B9

triadic

#3CB9AA #AA3CB9 #B9AA3C

tetradic

#3CB9AA #6B3CB9 #B93C4B #89B93C

square

#3CB9AA #6B3CB9 #B93C4B #89B93C

split-complementary

#3CB9AA #B93C89 #B96B3C

monochromatic

#1E5D55 #2D8B80 #3CB9AA #65CDC1 #93DCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3CB9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#3CB9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9AA

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9AA	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.110 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec3',
    500: '#3cb9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9aa;
$custom-light: #82cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71416,
    "c": 0.11017,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9AA

secondary

#C78991

accent

#4D5EDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9AA

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

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