#3BC4A9#3BC4A9

#3BC4A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.122 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4A9
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 169)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 13.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -42.74, 3.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 42.84, 175.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.1221 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.122 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7014, 43.2709, 44.3679)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4A9 #C43B56

analogous

#3BC464 #3BC4A9 #3B9BC4

triadic

#3BC4A9 #A93BC4 #C4A93B

tetradic

#3BC4A9 #643BC4 #C43B56 #9BC43B

square

#3BC4A9 #643BC4 #C43B56 #9BC43B

split-complementary

#3BC4A9 #C43B9B #C4643B

monochromatic

#1F6658 #2D9580 #3BC4A9 #6AD2BE #99E0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#3BC4A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#3BC4A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4A9

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4A9	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB8A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.122 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6c2',
    500: '#3bc4a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4a9;
$custom-light: #83d6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.175,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74098,
    "c": 0.12228,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4A9

secondary

#CC8F9B

accent

#4B68DD

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4A9

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

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