#3CB9AD#3CB9AD

#3CB9AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9AD
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -36.61, -3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 36.82, 186.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.1086 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.109 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7518, 38.6727, 45.5818)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9AD #B93C48

analogous

#3CB96E #3CB9AD #3C86B9

triadic

#3CB9AD #AD3CB9 #B9AD3C

tetradic

#3CB9AD #6E3CB9 #B93C48 #86B93C

square

#3CB9AD #6E3CB9 #B93C48 #86B93C

split-complementary

#3CB9AD #B93C86 #B96E3C

monochromatic

#1E5D57 #2D8B82 #3CB9AD #65CDC3 #93DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3CB9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#3CB9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9AD

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9AD	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cec5',
    500: '#3cb9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9ad;
$custom-light: #83cec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.24,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71511,
    "c": 0.10915,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9AD

secondary

#C7898F

accent

#4D5BDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9AD

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

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