#3CBAB5#3CBAB5

#3CBAB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.108 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CBAB5
RGB	rgb(60, 186, 181)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -34.85, -7.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 35.65, 192.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.106 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.108 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7591, 39.4115, 49.8513)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CBAB5 #BA3C41

analogous

#3CBA76 #3CBAB5 #3C80BA

triadic

#3CBAB5 #B53CBA #BAB53C

tetradic

#3CBAB5 #763CBA #BA3C41 #80BA3C

square

#3CBAB5 #763CBA #BA3C41 #80BA3C

split-complementary

#3CBAB5 #BA3C80 #BA763C

monochromatic

#1E5D5B #2D8C88 #3CBAB5 #66CEC9 #94DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3CBAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#3CBAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CBAB5

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CBAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CBAB5	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cbab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 186, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.108 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfcb',
    500: '#3cbab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cbab5;
$custom-light: #83cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cbab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.619,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72023,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CBAB5

secondary

#C88A8C

accent

#4D53DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CBAB5

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

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