#3CB9BC#3CB9BC

#3CB9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.107 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9BC
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -32.38, -11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 34.36, 199.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.1019 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.107 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2855, 39.2862, 53.6595)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9BC #BC3F3C

analogous

#3CBC7F #3CB9BC #3C79BC

triadic

#3CB9BC #BC3CB9 #B9BC3C

tetradic

#3CB9BC #7F3CBC #BC3F3C #79BC3C

square

#3CB9BC #7F3CBC #BC3F3C #79BC3C

split-complementary

#3CB9BC #BC3C79 #BC7F3C

monochromatic

#1E5E5F #2D8B8E #3CB9BC #67CCCE #95DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3CB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#3CB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9BC

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9BC	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.107 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ced0',
    500: '#3cb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9bc;
$custom-light: #84ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.406,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7202,
    "c": 0.10681,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9BC

secondary

#C98D8B

accent

#504DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9BC

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

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