#3BC496#3BC496

#3BC496 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.135 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC496
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 23.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -47.37, 12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 49.04, 165.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.1309 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.135 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0456, 42.6086, 35.6472)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC496 #C43B69

analogous

#3BC452 #3BC496 #3BADC4

triadic

#3BC496 #963BC4 #C4963B

tetradic

#3BC496 #523BC4 #C43B69 #ADC43B

square

#3BC496 #523BC4 #C43B69 #ADC43B

split-complementary

#3BC496 #C43BAD #C4523B

monochromatic

#1F664E #2D9572 #3BC496 #6AD2AF #99E0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#3BC496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#3BC496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC496

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC496	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.135 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7b5',
    500: '#3bc496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc496;
$custom-light: #83d7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.854,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73581,
    "c": 0.13489,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC496

secondary

#CC8FA3

accent

#4B7CDD

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC496

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

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