#3BC5AA#3BC5AA

#3BC5AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.123 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5AA
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 170)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 13.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -42.91, 2.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 43.01, 176.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.1226 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.123 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0220, 43.7612, 44.9396)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5AA #C53B56

analogous

#3BC565 #3BC5AA #3B9BC5

triadic

#3BC5AA #AA3BC5 #C5AA3B

tetradic

#3BC5AA #653BC5 #C53B56 #9BC53B

square

#3BC5AA #653BC5 #C53B56 #9BC53B

split-complementary

#3BC5AA #C53B9B #C5653B

monochromatic

#1F6759 #2C9682 #3BC5AA #6AD3BE #99E1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#3BC5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#3BC5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5AA

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5AA	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.123 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7c3',
    500: '#3bc5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5aa;
$custom-light: #84d7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.261,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74376,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5AA

secondary

#CD8F9B

accent

#4A67DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5AA

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

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