#3BC1CB#3BC1CB

#3BC1CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.112 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC1CB
RGB	rgb(59, 193, 203)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -31.94, -15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 35.47, 205.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.104 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.112 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6483, 43.3778, 63.1931)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC1CB #CB453B

analogous

#3BCB8D #3BC1CB #3B79CB

triadic

#3BC1CB #CB3BC1 #C1CB3B

tetradic

#3BC1CB #8D3BCB #CB453B #79CB3B

square

#3BC1CB #8D3BCB #CB453B #79CB3B

split-complementary

#3BC1CB #CB3B79 #CB8D3B

monochromatic

#1D696E #2A979F #3BC1CB #6BD0D8 #9CE0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#3BC1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#3BC1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC1CB

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC1CB	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 193, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.112 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d4da',
    500: '#3bc1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc1cb;
$custom-light: #86d4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.167,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7448,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC1CB

secondary

#D19691

accent

#5147E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC1CB

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

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