#3CB9C4#3CB9C4

#3CB9C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.108 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9C4
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 5.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -30.03, -15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 33.80, 207.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0985 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.108 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1719, 39.6407, 58.3278)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9C4 #C4473C

analogous

#3CC48B #3CB9C4 #3C75C4

triadic

#3CB9C4 #C43CB9 #B9C43C

tetradic

#3CB9C4 #8B3CC4 #C4473C #75C43C

square

#3CB9C4 #8B3CC4 #C4473C #75C43C

split-complementary

#3CB9C4 #C43C75 #C48B3C

monochromatic

#1F6167 #2D8D96 #3CB9C4 #6BCAD2 #9ADBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3CB9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#3CB9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9C4

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9C4	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.108 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ced5',
    500: '#3cb9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9c4;
$custom-light: #85ced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.853,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7231,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9C4

secondary

#CC9490

accent

#574BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9C4

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

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