#3CB9BF#3CB9BF

#3CB9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.107 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9BF
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -31.50, -13.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 34.08, 202.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.1006 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.107 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6123, 39.4169, 55.3804)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9BF #BF423C

analogous

#3CBF84 #3CB9BF #3C78BF

triadic

#3CB9BF #BF3CB9 #B9BF3C

tetradic

#3CB9BF #843CBF #BF423C #78BF3C

square

#3CB9BF #843CBF #BF423C #78BF3C

split-complementary

#3CB9BF #BF3C78 #BF843C

monochromatic

#1F5F62 #2D8C90 #3CB9BF #68CBD0 #97DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3CB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#3CB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9BF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9BF	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#ACB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.107 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ced2',
    500: '#3cb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9bf;
$custom-light: #84ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.748,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72127,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9BF

secondary

#CA908D

accent

#534CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9BF

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

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