#3BC2B9#3BC2B9

#3BC2B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.114 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC2B9
RGB	rgb(59, 194, 185)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 4.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -37.57, -5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 38.04, 189.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.1128 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.114 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8483, 43.0127, 52.6187)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC2B9 #C23B44

analogous

#3BC276 #3BC2B9 #3B88C2

triadic

#3BC2B9 #B93BC2 #C2B93B

tetradic

#3BC2B9 #763BC2 #C23B44 #88C23B

square

#3BC2B9 #763BC2 #C23B44 #88C23B

split-complementary

#3BC2B9 #C23B88 #C2763B

monochromatic

#1E645F #2D938C #3BC2B9 #69D1CA #98E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#3BC2B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#3BC2B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC2B9

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC2B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC2B9	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc2b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 194, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.114 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5ce',
    500: '#3bc2b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc2b9;
$custom-light: #84d5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc2b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74098,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC2B9

secondary

#CB8E92

accent

#4B55DD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC2B9

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

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