#3BC4C5#3BC4C5

#3BC4C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.114 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4C5
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 197)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -35.11, -11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 36.82, 197.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.1095 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.114 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6170, 44.4372, 59.7234)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4C5 #C53C3B

analogous

#3BC581 #3BC4C5 #3B7FC5

triadic

#3BC4C5 #C53BC4 #C4C53B

tetradic

#3BC4C5 #813BC5 #C53C3B #7FC53B

square

#3BC4C5 #813BC5 #C53C3B #7FC53B

split-complementary

#3BC4C5 #C53B7F #C5813B

monochromatic

#1F6767 #2C9696 #3BC4C5 #6AD2D3 #99E0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#3BC4C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#3BC4C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4C5

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4C5	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BBC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ACC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.114 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6d6',
    500: '#3bc4c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4c5;
$custom-light: #86d6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.435,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74993,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4C5

secondary

#CD908F

accent

#4B4ADE

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4C5

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

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