#3BC5B6#3BC5B6

#3BC5B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5B6
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 182)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 7.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -39.75, -3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 39.87, 184.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.1171 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.117 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2094, 44.2362, 51.1932)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5B6 #C53B4A

analogous

#3BC571 #3BC5B6 #3B8FC5

triadic

#3BC5B6 #B63BC5 #C5B63B

tetradic

#3BC5B6 #713BC5 #C53B4A #8FC53B

square

#3BC5B6 #713BC5 #C53B4A #8FC53B

split-complementary

#3BC5B6 #C53B8F #C5713B

monochromatic

#1F675F #2C968B #3BC5B6 #6AD3C8 #99E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#3BC5B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#3BC5B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5B6

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5B6	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7cb',
    500: '#3bc5b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5b6;
$custom-light: #84d7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.478,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7474,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5B6

secondary

#CD8F96

accent

#4A5ADE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5B6

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

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