#3BC1C4#3BC1C4

#3BC1C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.112 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC1C4
RGB	rgb(59, 193, 196)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 1.5%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -33.99, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 36.03, 199.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.1069 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.112 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8329, 43.0516, 58.8987)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC1C4 #C43E3B

analogous

#3BC483 #3BC1C4 #3B7CC4

triadic

#3BC1C4 #C43BC1 #C1C43B

tetradic

#3BC1C4 #833BC4 #C43E3B #7CC43B

square

#3BC1C4 #833BC4 #C43E3B #7CC43B

split-complementary

#3BC1C4 #C43B7C #C4833B

monochromatic

#1F6466 #2D9395 #3BC1C4 #6AD0D2 #99DFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#3BC1C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#3BC1C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC1C4

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC1C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC1C4	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B8C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc1c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 193, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.112 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4d5',
    500: '#3bc1c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc1c4;
$custom-light: #85d4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc1c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.314,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74228,
    "c": 0.11197,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC1C4

secondary

#CC908F

accent

#4E4BDD

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC1C4

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

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