#3CB9AE#3CB9AE

#3CB9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9AE
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -36.33, -4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 36.60, 186.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1081 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.109 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8489, 38.7115, 46.0933)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9AE #B93C47

analogous

#3CB96F #3CB9AE #3C85B9

triadic

#3CB9AE #AE3CB9 #B9AE3C

tetradic

#3CB9AE #6F3CB9 #B93C47 #85B93C

square

#3CB9AE #6F3CB9 #B93C47 #85B93C

split-complementary

#3CB9AE #B93C85 #B96F3C

monochromatic

#1E5D57 #2D8B83 #3CB9AE #65CDC4 #93DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3CB9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#3CB9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9AE

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9AE	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)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cec6',
    500: '#3cb9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9ae;
$custom-light: #83cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.72,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71544,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9AE

secondary

#C7898F

accent

#4D5ADA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9AE

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

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