#3BC5B9#3BC5B9

#3BC5B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.117 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5B9
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 185)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 6.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -38.94, -4.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 39.21, 186.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.1158 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.117 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5227, 44.3615, 52.8435)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5B9 #C53B47

analogous

#3BC574 #3BC5B9 #3B8CC5

triadic

#3BC5B9 #B93BC5 #C5B93B

tetradic

#3BC5B9 #743BC5 #C53B47 #8CC53B

square

#3BC5B9 #743BC5 #C53B47 #8CC53B

split-complementary

#3BC5B9 #C53B8C #C5743B

monochromatic

#1F6761 #2C968D #3BC5B9 #6AD3CA #99E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#3BC5B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#3BC5B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5B9

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5B9	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.117 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7ce',
    500: '#3bc5b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5b9;
$custom-light: #85d7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.783,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74835,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5B9

secondary

#CD8F94

accent

#4A57DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5B9

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

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