#3BC5AC#3BC5AC

#3BC5AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.122 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5AC
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 172)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 12.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -42.40, 1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 42.44, 177.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.1217 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.122 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2126, 43.8375, 45.9436)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5AC #C53B54

analogous

#3BC567 #3BC5AC #3B99C5

triadic

#3BC5AC #AC3BC5 #C5AC3B

tetradic

#3BC5AC #673BC5 #C53B54 #99C53B

square

#3BC5AC #673BC5 #C53B54 #99C53B

split-complementary

#3BC5AC #C53B99 #C5673B

monochromatic

#1F675A #2C9683 #3BC5AC #6AD3C0 #99E1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#3BC5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#3BC5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5AC

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5AC	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.122 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7c4',
    500: '#3bc5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5ac;
$custom-light: #84d7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.13,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74434,
    "c": 0.12177,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5AC

secondary

#CD8F9A

accent

#4A65DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5AC

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

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