#3CB9BD#3CB9BD

#3CB9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.107 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9BD
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -32.09, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 34.26, 200.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.1015 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.107 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3937, 39.3294, 54.2292)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9BD #BD403C

analogous

#3CBD81 #3CB9BD #3C79BD

triadic

#3CB9BD #BD3CB9 #B9BD3C

tetradic

#3CB9BD #813CBD #BD403C #79BD3C

square

#3CB9BD #813CBD #BD403C #79BD3C

split-complementary

#3CB9BD #BD3C79 #BD813C

monochromatic

#1F5E60 #2D8C8F #3CB9BD #67CCCF #96DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3CB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#3CB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9BD

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9BD	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.107 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ced0',
    500: '#3cb9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9bd;
$custom-light: #84ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.86,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72055,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9BD

secondary

#C98E8C

accent

#514DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9BD

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

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