#3BC4B6#3BC4B6

#3BC4B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.117 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4B6
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 182)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 7.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -39.30, -3.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 39.46, 185.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.1161 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.117 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9831, 43.7836, 51.1178)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4B6 #C43B49

analogous

#3BC472 #3BC4B6 #3B8DC4

triadic

#3BC4B6 #B63BC4 #C4B63B

tetradic

#3BC4B6 #723BC4 #C43B49 #8DC43B

square

#3BC4B6 #723BC4 #C43B49 #8DC43B

split-complementary

#3BC4B6 #C43B8D #C4723B

monochromatic

#1F665F #2D958A #3BC4B6 #6AD2C8 #99E0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#3BC4B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#3BC4B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4B6

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4B6	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB9B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ABB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.117 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6cb',
    500: '#3bc4b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4b6;
$custom-light: #84d6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.869,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74493,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4B6

secondary

#CC8F95

accent

#4B5ADD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4B6

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

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