#3BC494#3BC494

#3BC494 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.136 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC494
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 148)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 24.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -47.84, 13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 49.75, 164.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.1319 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.136 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8859, 42.5447, 34.8062)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC494 #C43B6B

analogous

#3BC450 #3BC494 #3BAFC4

triadic

#3BC494 #943BC4 #C4943B

tetradic

#3BC494 #503BC4 #C43B6B #AFC43B

square

#3BC494 #503BC4 #C43B6B #AFC43B

split-complementary

#3BC494 #C43BAF #C4503B

monochromatic

#1F664D #2D9570 #3BC494 #6AD2AE #99E0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#3BC494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#3BC494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC494

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC494	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.136 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7b3',
    500: '#3bc494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc494;
$custom-light: #83d7b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.978,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7353,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC494

secondary

#CC8FA4

accent

#4B7EDD

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC494

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

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