#3BC4BF#3BC4BF

#3BC4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.114 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4BF
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 191)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -36.81, -8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 37.69, 192.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.1121 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.114 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9432, 44.1676, 56.1745)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4BF #C43B40

analogous

#3BC47A #3BC4BF #3B85C4

triadic

#3BC4BF #BF3BC4 #C4BF3B

tetradic

#3BC4BF #7A3BC4 #C43B40 #85C43B

square

#3BC4BF #7A3BC4 #C43B40 #85C43B

split-complementary

#3BC4BF #C43B85 #C47A3B

monochromatic

#1F6663 #2D9591 #3BC4BF #6AD2CE #99E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#3BC4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#3BC4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4BF

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4BF	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.114 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6d2',
    500: '#3bc4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4bf;
$custom-light: #85d6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.81,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74787,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4BF

secondary

#CC8F91

accent

#4B50DD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4BF

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

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