#3BC4B4#3BC4B4

#3BC4B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.117 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4B4
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 180)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 8.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -39.84, -2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 39.93, 183.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.117 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.117 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7779, 43.7015, 50.0370)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4B4 #C43B4B

analogous

#3BC470 #3BC4B4 #3B8FC4

triadic

#3BC4B4 #B43BC4 #C4B43B

tetradic

#3BC4B4 #703BC4 #C43B4B #8FC43B

square

#3BC4B4 #703BC4 #C43B4B #8FC43B

split-complementary

#3BC4B4 #C43B8F #C4703B

monochromatic

#1F665E #2D9589 #3BC4B4 #6AD2C6 #99E0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#3BC4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#3BC4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4B4

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4B4	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB9B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ABB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.117 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6ca',
    500: '#3bc4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4b4;
$custom-light: #84d6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.993,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7443,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4B4

secondary

#CC8F96

accent

#4B5CDD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4B4

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

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