#3CB9AB#3CB9AB

#3CB9AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.110 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9AB
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 171)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -37.15, -2.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 37.27, 184.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.1095 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.11 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5597, 38.5958, 44.5702)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9AB #B93C4A

analogous

#3CB96C #3CB9AB #3C88B9

triadic

#3CB9AB #AB3CB9 #B9AB3C

tetradic

#3CB9AB #6C3CB9 #B93C4A #88B93C

square

#3CB9AB #6C3CB9 #B93C4A #88B93C

split-complementary

#3CB9AB #B93C88 #B96C3C

monochromatic

#1E5D56 #2D8B80 #3CB9AB #65CDC1 #93DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3CB9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#3CB9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9AB

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9AB	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.110 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec3',
    500: '#3cb9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9ab;
$custom-light: #82cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.28,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71447,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9AB

secondary

#C78990

accent

#4D5DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9AB

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

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