#3BC5B4#3BC5B4

#3BC5B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.118 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5B4
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 180)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 8.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -40.29, -2.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 40.35, 183.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.118 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.118 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0042, 44.1541, 50.1125)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5B4 #C53B4C

analogous

#3BC56F #3BC5B4 #3B91C5

triadic

#3BC5B4 #B43BC5 #C5B43B

tetradic

#3BC5B4 #6F3BC5 #C53B4C #91C53B

square

#3BC5B4 #6F3BC5 #C53B4C #91C53B

split-complementary

#3BC5B4 #C53B91 #C56F3B

monochromatic

#1F675E #2C9689 #3BC5B4 #6AD3C6 #99E1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#3BC5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#3BC5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5B4

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5B4	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.118 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7ca',
    500: '#3bc5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5b4;
$custom-light: #84d7ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.609,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74677,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5B4

secondary

#CD8F97

accent

#4A5CDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5B4

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

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