#3BC3B3#3BC3B3

#3BC3B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.117 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC3B3
RGB	rgb(59, 195, 179)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 8.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -39.66, -2.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 39.74, 183.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.1165 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.117 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4515, 43.2113, 49.4275)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC3B3 #C33B4B

analogous

#3BC36F #3BC3B3 #3B8FC3

triadic

#3BC3B3 #B33BC3 #C3B33B

tetradic

#3BC3B3 #6F3BC3 #C33B4B #8FC33B

square

#3BC3B3 #6F3BC3 #C33B4B #8FC33B

split-complementary

#3BC3B3 #C33B8F #C36F3B

monochromatic

#1F655D #2D9488 #3BC3B3 #69D2C5 #98E0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#3BC3B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#3BC3B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC3B3

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC3B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC3B3	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB8B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc3b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 195, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.117 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6c9',
    500: '#3bc3b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc3b3;
$custom-light: #84d6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc3b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74152,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC3B3

secondary

#CC8E95

accent

#4B5CDD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC3B3

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

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