#3CB9B4#3CB9B4

#3CB9B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.107 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9B4
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 180)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -34.67, -7.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 35.46, 192.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.1054 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.107 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4469, 38.9507, 49.2429)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9B4 #B93C41

analogous

#3CB975 #3CB9B4 #3C7FB9

triadic

#3CB9B4 #B43CB9 #B9B43C

tetradic

#3CB9B4 #753CB9 #B93C41 #7FB93C

square

#3CB9B4 #753CB9 #B93C41 #7FB93C

split-complementary

#3CB9B4 #B93C7F #B9753C

monochromatic

#1E5D5A #2D8B87 #3CB9B4 #65CDC9 #93DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#3CB9B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#3CB9B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9B4

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9B4	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.107 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ceca',
    500: '#3cb9b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9b4;
$custom-light: #83ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71743,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9B4

secondary

#C7898C

accent

#4D53DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9B4

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

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