#3BC5BA#3BC5BA

#3BC5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.116 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5BA
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 186)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 5.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -38.66, -5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 39.00, 187.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.1153 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.116 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6287, 44.4039, 53.4014)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5BA #C53B46

analogous

#3BC575 #3BC5BA #3B8BC5

triadic

#3BC5BA #BA3BC5 #C5BA3B

tetradic

#3BC5BA #753BC5 #C53B46 #8BC53B

square

#3BC5BA #753BC5 #C53B46 #8BC53B

split-complementary

#3BC5BA #C53B8B #C5753B

monochromatic

#1F6761 #2C968E #3BC5BA #6AD3CB #99E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#3BC5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#3BC5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5BA

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5BA	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.116 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7ce',
    500: '#3bc5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5ba;
$custom-light: #85d7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.217,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74867,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5BA

secondary

#CD8F94

accent

#4A56DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5BA

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

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