#3BC4B8#3BC4B8

#3BC4B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.116 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4B8
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 184)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 6.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -38.76, -4.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 39.03, 186.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.1152 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.116 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1912, 43.8668, 52.2141)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4B8 #C43B47

analogous

#3BC474 #3BC4B8 #3B8BC4

triadic

#3BC4B8 #B83BC4 #C4B83B

tetradic

#3BC4B8 #743BC4 #C43B47 #8BC43B

square

#3BC4B8 #743BC4 #C43B47 #8BC43B

split-complementary

#3BC4B8 #C43B8B #C4743B

monochromatic

#1F6660 #2D958C #3BC4B8 #6AD2C9 #99E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#3BC4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#3BC4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4B8

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4B8	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB9B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.116 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6cd',
    500: '#3bc4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4b8;
$custom-light: #84d6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.745,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74557,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4B8

secondary

#CC8F94

accent

#4B58DD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4B8

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

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