#3BC5B8#3BC5B8

#3BC5B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.117 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5B8
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 184)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 6.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -39.21, -4.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 39.43, 186.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.1162 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.117 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4175, 44.3195, 52.2895)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5B8 #C53B48

analogous

#3BC573 #3BC5B8 #3B8DC5

triadic

#3BC5B8 #B83BC5 #C5B83B

tetradic

#3BC5B8 #733BC5 #C53B48 #8DC53B

square

#3BC5B8 #733BC5 #C53B48 #8DC53B

split-complementary

#3BC5B8 #C53B8D #C5733B

monochromatic

#1F6760 #2C968C #3BC5B8 #6AD3C9 #99E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#3BC5B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#3BC5B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5B8

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5B8	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.117 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7cd',
    500: '#3bc5b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5b8;
$custom-light: #85d7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.348,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74803,
    "c": 0.11683,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5B8

secondary

#CD8F95

accent

#4A58DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5B8

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

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