#3BC3B4#3BC3B4

#3BC3B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.116 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC3B4
RGB	rgb(59, 195, 180)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 7.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -39.39, -3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 39.51, 184.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.116 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.116 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5530, 43.2519, 49.9621)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC3B4 #C33B4A

analogous

#3BC370 #3BC3B4 #3B8EC3

triadic

#3BC3B4 #B43BC3 #C3B43B

tetradic

#3BC3B4 #703BC3 #C33B4A #8EC33B

square

#3BC3B4 #703BC3 #C33B4A #8EC33B

split-complementary

#3BC3B4 #C33B8E #C3703B

monochromatic

#1F655D #2D9489 #3BC3B4 #69D2C6 #98E0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#3BC3B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#3BC3B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC3B4

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC3B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC3B4	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)

#B9B8B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc3b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 195, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.116 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6ca',
    500: '#3bc3b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc3b4;
$custom-light: #84d6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc3b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.382,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74184,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC3B4

secondary

#CC8E95

accent

#4B5BDD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC3B4

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

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