#3BC4CA#3BC4CA

#3BC4CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.114 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4CA
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 202)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -33.66, -13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 36.30, 201.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.1073 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.114 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1995, 44.6701, 62.7908)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4CA #CA413B

analogous

#3BCA88 #3BC4CA #3B7CCA

triadic

#3BC4CA #CA3BC4 #C4CA3B

tetradic

#3BC4CA #883BCA #CA413B #7CCA3B

square

#3BC4CA #883BCA #CA413B #7CCA3B

split-complementary

#3BC4CA #CA3B7C #CA883B

monochromatic

#1E6A6D #2B989D #3BC4CA #6BD3D7 #9BE1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#3BC4CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#3BC4CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4CA

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4CA	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.114 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6da',
    500: '#3bc4ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4ca;
$custom-light: #86d6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.517,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75169,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4CA

secondary

#D09391

accent

#4E47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4CA

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

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