#3CC9CE#3CC9CE

#3CC9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.116 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3CC9CE
RGB	rgb(60, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -34.72, -13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 37.18, 200.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.1102 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.116 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8857, 47.1862, 65.7025)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3CC9CE #CE413C

analogous

#3CCE8A #3CC9CE #3C80CE

triadic

#3CC9CE #CE3CC9 #C9CE3C

tetradic

#3CC9CE #8A3CCE #CE413C #80CE3C

square

#3CC9CE #8A3CCE #CE413C #80CE3C

split-complementary

#3CC9CE #CE3C80 #CE8A3C

monochromatic

#1D7073 #299FA4 #3CC9CE #6DD7DA #9EE4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#3CC9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#3CC9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3CC9CE

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3CC9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3CC9CE	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3cc9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.116 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dadc',
    500: '#3cc9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3cc9ce;
$custom-light: #87dadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3cc9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.055,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7654,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3CC9CE

secondary

#D39593

accent

#4A45E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3CC9CE

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

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