#3BC5B0#3BC5B0

#3BC5B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.120 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5B0
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 176)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 10.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -41.35, -0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 41.35, 180.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.1199 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.12 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6026, 43.9935, 47.9973)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5B0 #C53B50

analogous

#3BC56B #3BC5B0 #3B95C5

triadic

#3BC5B0 #B03BC5 #C5B03B

tetradic

#3BC5B0 #6B3BC5 #C53B50 #95C53B

square

#3BC5B0 #6B3BC5 #C53B50 #95C53B

split-complementary

#3BC5B0 #C53B95 #C56B3B

monochromatic

#1F675C #2C9686 #3BC5B0 #6AD3C3 #99E1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#3BC5B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#3BC5B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5B0

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5B0	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.120 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7c7',
    500: '#3bc5b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5b0;
$custom-light: #84d7c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.87,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74554,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5B0

secondary

#CD8F98

accent

#4A61DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5B0

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

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