#3BC2C4#3BC2C4

#3BC2C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.113 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC2C4
RGB	rgb(59, 194, 196)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -34.46, -11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 36.33, 198.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.1079 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.113 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0547, 43.4953, 58.9726)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC2C4 #C43D3B

analogous

#3BC482 #3BC2C4 #3B7DC4

triadic

#3BC2C4 #C43BC2 #C2C43B

tetradic

#3BC2C4 #823BC4 #C43D3B #7DC43B

square

#3BC2C4 #823BC4 #C43D3B #7DC43B

split-complementary

#3BC2C4 #C43B7D #C4823B

monochromatic

#1F6566 #2D9395 #3BC2C4 #6AD1D2 #99DFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#3BC2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#3BC2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC2C4

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC2C4	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B9C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AAC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 194, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.113 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5d5',
    500: '#3bc2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc2c4;
$custom-light: #85d5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.876,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74472,
    "c": 0.11256,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC2C4

secondary

#CC908F

accent

#4D4BDD

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC2C4

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

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