#3BC596#3BC596

#3BC596 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.136 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC596
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -47.79, 13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 49.55, 164.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.132 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.136 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2719, 43.0612, 35.7226)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC596 #C53B6A

analogous

#3BC551 #3BC596 #3BAFC5

triadic

#3BC596 #963BC5 #C5963B

tetradic

#3BC596 #513BC5 #C53B6A #AFC53B

square

#3BC596 #513BC5 #C53B6A #AFC53B

split-complementary

#3BC596 #C53BAF #C5513B

monochromatic

#1F674E #2C9672 #3BC596 #6AD3AF #99E1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#3BC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#3BC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC596

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC596	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.136 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7b5',
    500: '#3bc596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc596;
$custom-light: #83d7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.565,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73833,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC596

secondary

#CD8FA4

accent

#4A7CDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC596

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

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