#3BC4AC#3BC4AC

#3BC4AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.121 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4AC
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 172)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 12.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -41.96, 1.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 41.99, 177.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.1207 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.121 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9863, 43.3849, 45.8682)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4AC #C43B53

analogous

#3BC468 #3BC4AC #3B97C4

triadic

#3BC4AC #AC3BC4 #C4AC3B

tetradic

#3BC4AC #683BC4 #C43B53 #97C43B

square

#3BC4AC #683BC4 #C43B53 #97C43B

split-complementary

#3BC4AC #C43B97 #C4683B

monochromatic

#1F6659 #2D9583 #3BC4AC #6AD2C0 #99E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#3BC4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#3BC4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4AC

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4AC	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.121 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6c4',
    500: '#3bc4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4ac;
$custom-light: #84d6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.489,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74186,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4AC

secondary

#CC8F99

accent

#4B64DD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4AC

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

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