#3BC3C8#3BC3C8

#3BC3C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.113 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC3C8
RGB	rgb(59, 195, 200)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -33.77, -13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 36.20, 201.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.1072 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.113 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7394, 44.1264, 61.4769)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC3C8 #C8403B

analogous

#3BC887 #3BC3C8 #3B7CC8

triadic

#3BC3C8 #C83BC3 #C3C83B

tetradic

#3BC3C8 #873BC8 #C8403B #7CC83B

square

#3BC3C8 #873BC8 #C8403B #7CC83B

split-complementary

#3BC3C8 #C83B7C #C8873B

monochromatic

#1E686B #2B979A #3BC3C8 #6BD2D5 #9BE0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#3BC3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#3BC3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC3C8

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC3C8	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 195, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.113 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d5d8',
    500: '#3bc3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc3c8;
$custom-light: #86d5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.128,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74856,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC3C8

secondary

#CF9290

accent

#4E48DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC3C8

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

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