#3BC4BC#3BC4BC

#3BC4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.115 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4BC
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -37.65, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 38.23, 189.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.1134 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.115 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6164, 44.0369, 54.4536)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4BC #C43B43

analogous

#3BC477 #3BC4BC #3B88C4

triadic

#3BC4BC #BC3BC4 #C4BC3B

tetradic

#3BC4BC #773BC4 #C43B43 #88C43B

square

#3BC4BC #773BC4 #C43B43 #88C43B

split-complementary

#3BC4BC #C43B88 #C4773B

monochromatic

#1F6662 #2D958F #3BC4BC #6AD2CC #99E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#3BC4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#3BC4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4BC

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4BC	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.115 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6d0',
    500: '#3bc4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4bc;
$custom-light: #85d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.496,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74688,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4BC

secondary

#CC8F92

accent

#4B53DD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4BC

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

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