#3BC5B1#3BC5B1

#3BC5B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.119 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5B1
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 177)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 10.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -41.09, -0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 41.09, 180.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.1194 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.119 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7019, 44.0332, 48.5203)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5B1 #C53B4F

analogous

#3BC56C #3BC5B1 #3B94C5

triadic

#3BC5B1 #B13BC5 #C5B13B

tetradic

#3BC5B1 #6C3BC5 #C53B4F #94C53B

square

#3BC5B1 #6C3BC5 #C53B4F #94C53B

split-complementary

#3BC5B1 #C53B94 #C56C3B

monochromatic

#1F675D #2C9687 #3BC5B1 #6AD3C4 #99E1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#3BC5B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#3BC5B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5B1

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5B1	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.119 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7c8',
    500: '#3bc5b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5b1;
$custom-light: #84d7c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.304,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74584,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5B1

secondary

#CD8F98

accent

#4A5FDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5B1

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

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