#3CB9BE#3CB9BE

#3CB9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.107 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9BE
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -31.80, -12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 34.17, 201.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.1011 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.107 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5026, 39.3730, 54.8028)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9BE #BE413C

analogous

#3CBE82 #3CB9BE #3C78BE

triadic

#3CB9BE #BE3CB9 #B9BE3C

tetradic

#3CB9BE #823CBE #BE413C #78BE3C

square

#3CB9BE #823CBE #BE413C #78BE3C

split-complementary

#3CB9BE #BE3C78 #BE823C

monochromatic

#1F5E61 #2D8C8F #3CB9BE #68CBCF #96DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#3CB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#3CB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9BE

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9BE	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.107 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ced1',
    500: '#3cb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9be;
$custom-light: #84ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.308,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72091,
    "c": 0.10686,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9BE

secondary

#CA8F8C

accent

#524CDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9BE

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

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