#3BC3BF#3BC3BF

#3BC3BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC3BF
RGB	rgb(59, 195, 191)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 2.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -36.35, -8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 37.34, 193.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.1111 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.114 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7184, 43.7180, 56.0996)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC3BF #C33B3F

analogous

#3BC37B #3BC3BF #3B83C3

triadic

#3BC3BF #BF3BC3 #C3BF3B

tetradic

#3BC3BF #7B3BC3 #C33B3F #83C33B

square

#3BC3BF #7B3BC3 #C33B3F #83C33B

split-complementary

#3BC3BF #C33B83 #C37B3B

monochromatic

#1F6563 #2D9491 #3BC3BF #69D2CF #98E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#3BC3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#3BC3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC3BF

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC3BF	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AAC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 195, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5d2',
    500: '#3bc3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc3bf;
$custom-light: #85d5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.235,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74543,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC3BF

secondary

#CC8E90

accent

#4B4FDD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC3BF

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

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