#3CC5B5#3CC5B5

#3CC5B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CC5B5
RGB	rgb(60, 197, 181)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 0%, 8.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -39.88, -2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 39.97, 183.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.1172 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.117 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1663, 44.2259, 50.6537)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CC5B5 #C53C4C

analogous

#3CC571 #3CC5B5 #3C90C5

triadic

#3CC5B5 #B53CC5 #C5B53C

tetradic

#3CC5B5 #713CC5 #C53C4C #90C53C

square

#3CC5B5 #713CC5 #C53C4C #90C53C

split-complementary

#3CC5B5 #C53C90 #C5713C

monochromatic

#1F685F #2D978B #3CC5B5 #6BD3C7 #9AE1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#3CC5B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#3CC5B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CC5B5

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CC5B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CC5B5	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cc5b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 197, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7cb',
    500: '#3cc5b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cc5b5;
$custom-light: #85d7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cc5b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.993,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74731,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CC5B5

secondary

#CD9097

accent

#4A5BDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CC5B5

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

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