#3CB9AF#3CB9AF

#3CB9AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.109 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9AF
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -36.06, -4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 36.39, 187.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1077 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.109 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9467, 38.7507, 46.6086)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9AF #B93C46

analogous

#3CB970 #3CB9AF #3C84B9

triadic

#3CB9AF #AF3CB9 #B9AF3C

tetradic

#3CB9AF #703CB9 #B93C46 #84B93C

square

#3CB9AF #703CB9 #B93C46 #84B93C

split-complementary

#3CB9AF #B93C84 #B9703C

monochromatic

#1E5D58 #2D8B83 #3CB9AF #65CDC5 #93DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3CB9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#3CB9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9AF

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9AF	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.109 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cec6',
    500: '#3cb9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9af;
$custom-light: #83cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.2,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71576,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9AF

secondary

#C7898E

accent

#4D59DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9AF

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

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