#3CBDB5#3CBDB5

#3CBDB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CBDB5
RGB	rgb(60, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -36.25, -6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 36.77, 189.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.1091 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.11 189)
XYZ	xyz(28.3977, 40.6888, 50.0642)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CBDB5 #BD3C44

analogous

#3CBD75 #3CBDB5 #3C85BD

triadic

#3CBDB5 #B53CBD #BDB53C

tetradic

#3CBDB5 #753CBD #BD3C44 #85BD3C

square

#3CBDB5 #753CBD #BD3C44 #85BD3C

split-complementary

#3CBDB5 #BD3C85 #BD753C

monochromatic

#1F605C #2D8F89 #3CBDB5 #67CFC8 #96DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#3CBDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#3CBDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CBDB5

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CBDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CBDB5	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cbdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1cb',
    500: '#3cbdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cbdb5;
$custom-light: #84d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cbdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.279,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72761,
    "c": 0.11044,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.40692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CBDB5

secondary

#C98C90

accent

#4D55DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CBDB5

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

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