#3BC4AB#3BC4AB

#3BC4AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.121 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4AB
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 171)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 12.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -42.22, 1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 42.27, 177.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.1211 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.121 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8906, 43.3466, 45.3643)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4AB #C43B54

analogous

#3BC467 #3BC4AB #3B98C4

triadic

#3BC4AB #AB3BC4 #C4AB3B

tetradic

#3BC4AB #673BC4 #C43B54 #98C43B

square

#3BC4AB #673BC4 #C43B54 #98C43B

split-complementary

#3BC4AB #C43B98 #C4673B

monochromatic

#1F6659 #2D9582 #3BC4AB #6AD2BF #99E0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#3BC4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#3BC4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4AB

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4AB	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.121 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6c4',
    500: '#3bc4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4ab;
$custom-light: #84d6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.051,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74156,
    "c": 0.12123,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4AB

secondary

#CC8F9A

accent

#4B65DD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4AB

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

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