#3CBAB6#3CBAB6

#3CBAB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.108 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CBAB6
RGB	rgb(60, 186, 182)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -34.57, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 35.49, 193.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.1056 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.108 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8620, 39.4527, 50.3936)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CBAB6 #BA3C40

analogous

#3CBA77 #3CBAB6 #3C7FBA

triadic

#3CBAB6 #B63CBA #BAB63C

tetradic

#3CBAB6 #773CBA #BA3C40 #7FBA3C

square

#3CBAB6 #773CBA #BA3C40 #7FBA3C

split-complementary

#3CBAB6 #BA3C7F #BA773C

monochromatic

#1E5D5B #2D8C89 #3CBAB6 #66CECA #94DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#3CBAB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#3CBAB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CBAB6

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CBAB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CBAB6	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB1B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cbab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 186, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.108 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfcb',
    500: '#3cbab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cbab6;
$custom-light: #83cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cbab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.095,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72056,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CBAB6

secondary

#C88A8C

accent

#4D52DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CBAB6

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

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