#3BC5AD#3BC5AD

#3BC5AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.121 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5AD
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 173)
HSL	hsl(170, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 12.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -42.14, 1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 42.16, 178.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.1212 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.121 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3090, 43.8760, 46.4513)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5AD #C53B53

analogous

#3BC568 #3BC5AD #3B98C5

triadic

#3BC5AD #AD3BC5 #C5AD3B

tetradic

#3BC5AD #683BC5 #C53B53 #98C53B

square

#3BC5AD #683BC5 #C53B53 #98C53B

split-complementary

#3BC5AD #C53B98 #C5683B

monochromatic

#1F675A #2C9684 #3BC5AD #6AD3C1 #99E1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#3BC5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#3BC5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5AD

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5AD	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.121 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7c5',
    500: '#3bc5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5ad;
$custom-light: #84d7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.565,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74464,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5AD

secondary

#CD8F9A

accent

#4A64DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5AD

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

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