#3CB9B1#3CB9B1

#3CB9B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.108 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9B1
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 177)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -35.51, -5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 36.00, 189.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.1068 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.108 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1446, 38.8298, 47.6508)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9B1 #B93C44

analogous

#3CB972 #3CB9B1 #3C82B9

triadic

#3CB9B1 #B13CB9 #B9B13C

tetradic

#3CB9B1 #723CB9 #B93C44 #82B93C

square

#3CB9B1 #723CB9 #B93C44 #82B93C

split-complementary

#3CB9B1 #B93C82 #B9723C

monochromatic

#1E5D59 #2D8B85 #3CB9B1 #65CDC6 #93DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#3CB9B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#3CB9B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9B1

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9B1	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.108 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cec8',
    500: '#3cb9b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9b1;
$custom-light: #83cec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.16,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71642,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9B1

secondary

#C7898D

accent

#4D56DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9B1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →