#3CBDB4#3CBDB4

#3CBDB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CBDB4
RGB	rgb(60, 189, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -36.52, -5.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 36.96, 188.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.1095 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.111 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2955, 40.6479, 49.5257)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CBDB4 #BD3C45

analogous

#3CBD74 #3CBDB4 #3C86BD

triadic

#3CBDB4 #B43CBD #BDB43C

tetradic

#3CBDB4 #743CBD #BD3C45 #86BD3C

square

#3CBDB4 #743CBD #BD3C45 #86BD3C

split-complementary

#3CBDB4 #BD3C86 #BD743C

monochromatic

#1F605C #2D8F88 #3CBDB4 #67CFC8 #96DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#3CBDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#3CBDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CBDB4

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CBDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CBDB4	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cbdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 189, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1ca',
    500: '#3cbdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cbdb4;
$custom-light: #84d1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cbdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.814,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72728,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CBDB4

secondary

#C98C90

accent

#4D56DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CBDB4

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

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