#3CB9BA#3CB9BA

#3CB9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.107 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9BA
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -32.96, -10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 34.59, 197.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.1028 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.107 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0714, 39.2005, 52.5319)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9BA #BA3D3C

analogous

#3CBA7C #3CB9BA #3C7ABA

triadic

#3CB9BA #BA3CB9 #B9BA3C

tetradic

#3CB9BA #7C3CBA #BA3D3C #7ABA3C

square

#3CB9BA #7C3CBA #BA3D3C #7ABA3C

split-complementary

#3CB9BA #BA3C7A #BA7C3C

monochromatic

#1E5D5D #2D8B8C #3CB9BA #66CDCE #94DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#3CB9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#3CB9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9BA

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9BA	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.107 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cece',
    500: '#3cb9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9ba;
$custom-light: #84cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.476,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71949,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9BA

secondary

#C88B8A

accent

#4E4DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9BA

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

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