#3BC4B2#3BC4B2

#3BC4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.118 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4B2
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 178)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 9.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -40.38, -1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 40.41, 182.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.1179 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.118 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5756, 43.6206, 48.9717)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4B2 #C43B4D

analogous

#3BC46E #3BC4B2 #3B91C4

triadic

#3BC4B2 #B23BC4 #C4B23B

tetradic

#3BC4B2 #6E3BC4 #C43B4D #91C43B

square

#3BC4B2 #6E3BC4 #C43B4D #91C43B

split-complementary

#3BC4B2 #C43B91 #C46E3B

monochromatic

#1F665D #2D9587 #3BC4B2 #6AD2C4 #99E0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#3BC4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#3BC4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4B2

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4B2	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB9B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.118 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6c9',
    500: '#3bc4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4b2;
$custom-light: #84d6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.117,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74368,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4B2

secondary

#CC8F97

accent

#4B5EDD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4B2

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

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