#3BC2C5#3BC2C5

#3BC2C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.113 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC2C5
RGB	rgb(59, 194, 197)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 1.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -34.17, -11.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 36.21, 199.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.1075 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.113 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1689, 43.5409, 59.5740)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC2C5 #C53E3B

analogous

#3BC583 #3BC2C5 #3B7DC5

triadic

#3BC2C5 #C53BC2 #C2C53B

tetradic

#3BC2C5 #833BC5 #C53E3B #7DC53B

square

#3BC2C5 #833BC5 #C53E3B #7DC53B

split-complementary

#3BC2C5 #C53B7D #C5833B

monochromatic

#1F6667 #2C9496 #3BC2C5 #6AD1D3 #99DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#3BC2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#3BC2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC2C5

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC2C5	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B9C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AAC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 194, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.113 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5d6',
    500: '#3bc2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc2c5;
$custom-light: #85d5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.304,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74507,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC2C5

secondary

#CD908F

accent

#4D4ADE

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC2C5

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

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