#3BC3C4#3BC3C4

#3BC3C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.113 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC3C4
RGB	rgb(59, 195, 196)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -34.93, -11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 36.63, 197.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.1089 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.113 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2780, 43.9419, 59.0470)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC3C4 #C43C3B

analogous

#3BC481 #3BC3C4 #3B7EC4

triadic

#3BC3C4 #C43BC3 #C3C43B

tetradic

#3BC3C4 #813BC4 #C43C3B #7EC43B

square

#3BC3C4 #813BC4 #C43C3B #7EC43B

split-complementary

#3BC3C4 #C43B7E #C4813B

monochromatic

#1F6566 #2D9495 #3BC3C4 #6AD1D2 #99E0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#3BC3C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#3BC3C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC3C4

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC3C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC3C4	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BAC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ABC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc3c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 195, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.113 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5d5',
    500: '#3bc3c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc3c4;
$custom-light: #85d5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc3c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.438,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74715,
    "c": 0.11318,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC3C4

secondary

#CC8F8F

accent

#4C4BDD

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC3C4

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

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