#3CBD9F#3CBD9F

#3CBD9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CBD9F
RGB	rgb(60, 189, 159)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 15.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -42.08, 5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 42.38, 173.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.1191 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.12 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3160, 39.8561, 39.1002)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CBD9F #BD3C5A

analogous

#3CBD5F #3CBD9F #3C9BBD

triadic

#3CBD9F #9F3CBD #BD9F3C

tetradic

#3CBD9F #5F3CBD #BD3C5A #9BBD3C

square

#3CBD9F #5F3CBD #BD3C5A #9BBD3C

split-complementary

#3CBD9F #BD3C9B #BD5F3C

monochromatic

#1F6051 #2D8F78 #3CBD9F #67CFB7 #96DECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3CBD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#3CBD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CBD9F

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CBD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CBD9F	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cbd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 189, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1bb',
    500: '#3cbd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cbd9f;
$custom-light: #82d1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cbd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.047,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72084,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CBD9F

secondary

#C98C9A

accent

#4D6EDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CBD9F

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

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