#3BC4B5#3BC4B5

#3BC4B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.117 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4B5
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 181)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 7.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -39.57, -3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 39.69, 184.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.1166 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.117 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8801, 43.7424, 50.5755)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4B5 #C43B4A

analogous

#3BC471 #3BC4B5 #3B8EC4

triadic

#3BC4B5 #B53BC4 #C4B53B

tetradic

#3BC4B5 #713BC4 #C43B4A #8EC43B

square

#3BC4B5 #713BC4 #C43B4A #8EC43B

split-complementary

#3BC4B5 #C43B8E #C4713B

monochromatic

#1F665E #2D958A #3BC4B5 #6AD2C7 #99E0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#3BC4B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#3BC4B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4B5

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4B5	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB9B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ABB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.117 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6cb',
    500: '#3bc4b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4b5;
$custom-light: #84d6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.431,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74462,
    "c": 0.11692,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4B5

secondary

#CC8F95

accent

#4B5BDD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4B5

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

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