#3BC2BF#3BC2BF

#3BC2BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.113 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC2BF
RGB	rgb(59, 194, 191)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 1.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -35.89, -8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 37.00, 194.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.1101 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.113 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4951, 43.2714, 56.0251)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC2BF #C23B3E

analogous

#3BC27C #3BC2BF #3B81C2

triadic

#3BC2BF #BF3BC2 #C2BF3B

tetradic

#3BC2BF #7C3BC2 #C23B3E #81C23B

square

#3BC2BF #7C3BC2 #C23B3E #81C23B

split-complementary

#3BC2BF #C23B81 #C27C3B

monochromatic

#1E6463 #2D9391 #3BC2BF #69D1CF #98E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#3BC2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#3BC2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC2BF

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC2BF	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AAC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 194, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.113 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5d2',
    500: '#3bc2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc2bf;
$custom-light: #85d5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.667,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74299,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC2BF

secondary

#CB8E8F

accent

#4B4EDD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC2BF

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

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