#3CBDB9#3CBDB9

#3CBDB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.110 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CBDB9
RGB	rgb(60, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -35.12, -8.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 36.07, 193.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.1073 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.11 192)
XYZ	xyz(28.8140, 40.8553, 52.2568)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CBDB9 #BD3C40

analogous

#3CBD79 #3CBDB9 #3C81BD

triadic

#3CBDB9 #B93CBD #BDB93C

tetradic

#3CBDB9 #793CBD #BD3C40 #81BD3C

square

#3CBDB9 #793CBD #BD3C40 #81BD3C

split-complementary

#3CBDB9 #BD3C81 #BD793C

monochromatic

#1F605E #2D8F8C #3CBDB9 #67CFCC #96DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#3CBDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#3CBDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CBDB9

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CBDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CBDB9	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cbdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.110 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1ce',
    500: '#3cbdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cbdb9;
$custom-light: #84d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cbdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.14,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72895,
    "c": 0.1097,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.40859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CBDB9

secondary

#C98C8E

accent

#4D51DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CBDB9

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

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