#3CB9C7#3CB9C7

#3CB9C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.108 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9C7
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 199)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -29.13, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 33.73, 210.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0973 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.108 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5168, 39.7787, 60.1442)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9C7 #C74A3C

analogous

#3CC78F #3CB9C7 #3C73C7

triadic

#3CB9C7 #C73CB9 #B9C73C

tetradic

#3CB9C7 #8F3CC7 #C74A3C #73C73C

square

#3CB9C7 #8F3CC7 #C74A3C #73C73C

split-complementary

#3CB9C7 #C73C73 #C78F3C

monochromatic

#1E636A #2C8F9A #3CB9C7 #6CCAD5 #9BDBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3CB9C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#3CB9C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9C7

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9C7	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.108 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ced8',
    500: '#3cb9c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9c7;
$custom-light: #85ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.043,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72423,
    "c": 0.10813,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9C7

secondary

#CE9791

accent

#5849DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9C7

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

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