#3BC3BA#3BC3BA

#3BC3BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.115 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC3BA
RGB	rgb(59, 195, 186)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 4.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -37.75, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 38.23, 189.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.1133 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.115 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1775, 43.5017, 53.2511)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC3BA #C33B44

analogous

#3BC376 #3BC3BA #3B88C3

triadic

#3BC3BA #BA3BC3 #C3BA3B

tetradic

#3BC3BA #763BC3 #C33B44 #88C33B

square

#3BC3BA #763BC3 #C33B44 #88C33B

split-complementary

#3BC3BA #C33B88 #C3763B

monochromatic

#1F6560 #2D948D #3BC3BA #69D2CB #98E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#3BC3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#3BC3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC3BA

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC3BA	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)

#B8B9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 195, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.115 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6ce',
    500: '#3bc3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc3ba;
$custom-light: #84d6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.029,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74377,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC3BA

secondary

#CC8E92

accent

#4B55DD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC3BA

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

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