#3CB9B7#3CB9B7

#3CB9B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.107 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9B7
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 183)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -33.82, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 34.99, 194.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.1041 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.107 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7558, 39.0743, 50.8699)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9B7 #B93C3E

analogous

#3CB978 #3CB9B7 #3C7CB9

triadic

#3CB9B7 #B73CB9 #B9B73C

tetradic

#3CB9B7 #783CB9 #B93C3E #7CB93C

square

#3CB9B7 #783CB9 #B93C3E #7CB93C

split-complementary

#3CB9B7 #B93C7C #B9783C

monochromatic

#1E5D5C #2D8B89 #3CB9B7 #65CDCB #93DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#3CB9B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#3CB9B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9B7

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9B7	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.107 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cecc',
    500: '#3cb9b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9b7;
$custom-light: #83cecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.04,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71845,
    "c": 0.10707,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9B7

secondary

#C7898A

accent

#4D50DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9B7

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

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