#3BC3B5#3BC3B5

#3BC3B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.116 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC3B5
RGB	rgb(59, 195, 181)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 7.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -39.12, -3.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 39.28, 185.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.1156 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.116 185)
XYZ	xyz(29.6553, 43.2928, 50.5005)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC3B5 #C33B49

analogous

#3BC371 #3BC3B5 #3B8DC3

triadic

#3BC3B5 #B53BC3 #C3B53B

tetradic

#3BC3B5 #713BC3 #C33B49 #8DC33B

square

#3BC3B5 #713BC3 #C33B49 #8DC33B

split-complementary

#3BC3B5 #C33B8D #C3713B

monochromatic

#1F655E #2D9489 #3BC3B5 #69D2C7 #98E0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#3BC3B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#3BC3B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC3B5

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC3B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC3B5	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B8B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc3b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 195, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.116 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6cb',
    500: '#3bc3b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc3b5;
$custom-light: #84d6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc3b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.824,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74215,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.43296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC3B5

secondary

#CC8E94

accent

#4B5ADD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC3B5

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

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