#3CB9C5#3CB9C5

#3CB9C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.108 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9C5
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -29.73, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 33.77, 208.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0981 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.108 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2861, 39.6864, 58.9293)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9C5 #C5483C

analogous

#3CC58C #3CB9C5 #3C75C5

triadic

#3CB9C5 #C53CB9 #B9C53C

tetradic

#3CB9C5 #8C3CC5 #C5483C #75C53C

square

#3CB9C5 #8C3CC5 #C5483C #75C53C

split-complementary

#3CB9C5 #C53C75 #C58C3C

monochromatic

#1F6168 #2D8E97 #3CB9C5 #6BCAD3 #9ADBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3CB9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#3CB9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9C5

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9C5	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.108 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ced6',
    500: '#3cb9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9c5;
$custom-light: #85ced6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.255,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72348,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9C5

secondary

#CD9590

accent

#574ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9C5

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

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