#3CBEC9#3CBEC9

#3CBEC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.110 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CBEC9
RGB	rgb(60, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -30.96, -15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 34.74, 206.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.1014 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.11 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8149, 42.0010, 61.7300)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CBEC9 #C9473C

analogous

#3CC98D #3CBEC9 #3C77C9

triadic

#3CBEC9 #C93CBE #BEC93C

tetradic

#3CBEC9 #8D3CC9 #C9473C #77C93C

square

#3CBEC9 #8D3CC9 #C9473C #77C93C

split-complementary

#3CBEC9 #C93C77 #C98D3C

monochromatic

#1E666D #2B949C #3CBEC9 #6CCED6 #9CDEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#3CBEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#3CBEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CBEC9

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CBEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CBEC9	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cbec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.110 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d2d9',
    500: '#3cbec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cbec9;
$custom-light: #86d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cbec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.681,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73705,
    "c": 0.11045,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CBEC9

secondary

#D09691

accent

#5448E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CBEC9

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

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