#3BC5A8#3BC5A8

#3BC5A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.124 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5A8
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 168)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 14.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -43.42, 3.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 43.60, 174.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.1235 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.124 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8342, 43.6861, 43.9508)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5A8 #C53B58

analogous

#3BC563 #3BC5A8 #3B9DC5

triadic

#3BC5A8 #A83BC5 #C5A83B

tetradic

#3BC5A8 #633BC5 #C53B58 #9DC53B

square

#3BC5A8 #633BC5 #C53B58 #9DC53B

split-complementary

#3BC5A8 #C53B9D #C5633B

monochromatic

#1F6758 #2C9680 #3BC5A8 #6AD3BD #99E1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#3BC5A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#3BC5A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5A8

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5A8	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB9A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.124 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7c1',
    500: '#3bc5a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5a8;
$custom-light: #84d7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.391,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74318,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5A8

secondary

#CD8F9C

accent

#4A69DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5A8

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

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