#3BC5A0#3BC5A0

#3BC5A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.129 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5A0
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 160)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 18.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -45.42, 8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 46.12, 170.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.1273 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.129 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1118, 43.3971, 40.1458)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5A0 #C53B60

analogous

#3BC55B #3BC5A0 #3BA5C5

triadic

#3BC5A0 #A03BC5 #C5A03B

tetradic

#3BC5A0 #5B3BC5 #C53B60 #A5C53B

square

#3BC5A0 #5B3BC5 #C53B60 #A5C53B

split-complementary

#3BC5A0 #C53BA5 #C55B3B

monochromatic

#1F6754 #2C967A #3BC5A0 #6AD3B7 #99E1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#3BC5A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#3BC5A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5A0

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5A0	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB89E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAAA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.129 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d7bc',
    500: '#3bc5a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5a0;
$custom-light: #83d7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.913,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74094,
    "c": 0.12889,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5A0

secondary

#CD8FA0

accent

#4A72DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5A0

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

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