#3CB9CA#3CB9CA

#3CB9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9CA
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -28.22, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 33.75, 213.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.096 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.109 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8685, 39.9194, 61.9967)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9CA #CA4D3C

analogous

#3CCA94 #3CB9CA #3C72CA

triadic

#3CB9CA #CA3CB9 #B9CA3C

tetradic

#3CB9CA #943CCA #CA4D3C #72CA3C

square

#3CB9CA #943CCA #CA4D3C #72CA3C

split-complementary

#3CB9CA #CA3C72 #CA943C

monochromatic

#1E646E #2B909E #3CB9CA #6CCAD7 #9CDCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3CB9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#3CB9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9CA

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9CA	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ceda',
    500: '#3cb9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9ca;
$custom-light: #85ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.183,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72537,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9CA

secondary

#D09992

accent

#5A47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9CA

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

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