#3CB9CF#3CB9CF

#3CB9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CB9CF
RGB	rgb(60, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -26.69, -20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 33.96, 218.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.094 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.111 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4701, 40.1600, 65.1652)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CB9CF #CF523C

analogous

#3CCF9C #3CB9CF #3C6FCF

triadic

#3CB9CF #CF3CB9 #B9CF3C

tetradic

#3CB9CF #9C3CCF #CF523C #6FCF3C

square

#3CB9CF #9C3CCF #CF523C #6FCF3C

split-complementary

#3CB9CF #CF3C6F #CF9C3C

monochromatic

#1D6774 #2993A5 #3CB9CF #6DCBDB #9EDCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#3CB9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#3CB9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CB9CF

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CB9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CB9CF	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cb9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cedd',
    500: '#3cb9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cb9cf;
$custom-light: #86cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cb9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.98,
    "s": 60.494,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72732,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CB9CF

secondary

#D39D93

accent

#5C44E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CB9CF

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

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