#3BC5AE#3BC5AE

#3BC5AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.121 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5AE
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 174)
HSL	hsl(170, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -41.88, 0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 41.89, 178.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.1208 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.121 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4061, 43.9149, 46.9628)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5AE #C53B52

analogous

#3BC569 #3BC5AE #3B97C5

triadic

#3BC5AE #AE3BC5 #C5AE3B

tetradic

#3BC5AE #693BC5 #C53B52 #97C53B

square

#3BC5AE #693BC5 #C53B52 #97C53B

split-complementary

#3BC5AE #C53B97 #C5693B

monochromatic

#1F675B #2C9685 #3BC5AE #6AD3C2 #99E1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#3BC5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#3BC5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5AE

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5AE	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)

#BDB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.121 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7c6',
    500: '#3bc5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5ae;
$custom-light: #84d7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74494,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5AE

secondary

#CD8F99

accent

#4A63DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5AE

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

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