#3BC4C6#3BC4C6

#3BC4C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.114 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4C6
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 198)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -34.82, -11.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 36.70, 198.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.1091 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.114 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7320, 44.4831, 60.3289)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4C6 #C63D3B

analogous

#3BC682 #3BC4C6 #3B7FC6

triadic

#3BC4C6 #C63BC4 #C4C63B

tetradic

#3BC4C6 #823BC6 #C63D3B #7FC63B

square

#3BC4C6 #823BC6 #C63D3B #7FC63B

split-complementary

#3BC4C6 #C63B7F #C6823B

monochromatic

#1E6768 #2C9698 #3BC4C6 #6AD2D4 #9AE1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#3BC4C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#3BC4C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4C6

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4C6	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BBC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.114 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6d7',
    500: '#3bc4c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4c6;
$custom-light: #86d6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.863,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75027,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4C6

secondary

#CD908F

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4C6

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

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