#3BC4BD#3BC4BD

#3BC4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.115 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4BD
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 189)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -37.37, -7.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 38.04, 190.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.113 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.115 190)
XYZ	xyz(30.7246, 44.0802, 55.0233)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4BD #C43B42

analogous

#3BC478 #3BC4BD #3B87C4

triadic

#3BC4BD #BD3BC4 #C4BD3B

tetradic

#3BC4BD #783BC4 #C43B42 #87C43B

square

#3BC4BD #783BC4 #C43B42 #87C43B

split-complementary

#3BC4BD #C43B87 #C4783B

monochromatic

#1F6662 #2D9590 #3BC4BD #6AD2CD #99E0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#3BC4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#3BC4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4BD

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4BD	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.115 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6d0',
    500: '#3bc4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4bd;
$custom-light: #85d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.934,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74721,
    "c": 0.11473,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.44084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4BD

secondary

#CC8F92

accent

#4B52DD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4BD

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

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