#3BC0B9#3BC0B9

#3BC0B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC0B9
RGB	rgb(59, 192, 185)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 3.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -36.65, -6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 37.29, 190.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.1108 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.112 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4062, 42.1284, 52.4713)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC0B9 #C03B42

analogous

#3BC077 #3BC0B9 #3B85C0

triadic

#3BC0B9 #B93BC0 #C0B93B

tetradic

#3BC0B9 #773BC0 #C03B42 #85C03B

square

#3BC0B9 #773BC0 #C03B42 #85C03B

split-complementary

#3BC0B9 #C03B85 #C0773B

monochromatic

#1E625F #2D918C #3BC0B9 #68D1CB #97DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#3BC0B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#3BC0B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC0B9

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC0B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC0B9	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc0b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 192, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3ce',
    500: '#3bc0b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc0b9;
$custom-light: #84d3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc0b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73607,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC0B9

secondary

#CA8C90

accent

#4B53DC

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC0B9

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

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