#3BC4BA#3BC4BA

#3BC4BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.115 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4BA
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 186)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 5.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -38.21, -5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 38.61, 188.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.1143 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.115 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4023, 43.9513, 53.3260)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4BA #C43B45

analogous

#3BC475 #3BC4BA #3B8AC4

triadic

#3BC4BA #BA3BC4 #C4BA3B

tetradic

#3BC4BA #753BC4 #C43B45 #8AC43B

square

#3BC4BA #753BC4 #C43B45 #8AC43B

split-complementary

#3BC4BA #C43B8A #C4753B

monochromatic

#1F6661 #2D958D #3BC4BA #6AD2CB #99E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#3BC4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#3BC4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4BA

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4BA	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.115 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6ce',
    500: '#3bc4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4ba;
$custom-light: #85d6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.62,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74622,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4BA

secondary

#CC8F93

accent

#4B55DD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4BA

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

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