#3BC5BC#3BC5BC

#3BC5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.116 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5BC
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -38.11, -6.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 38.60, 189.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.1144 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.116 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8428, 44.4895, 54.5290)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5BC #C53B44

analogous

#3BC577 #3BC5BC #3B89C5

triadic

#3BC5BC #BC3BC5 #C5BC3B

tetradic

#3BC5BC #773BC5 #C53B44 #89C53B

square

#3BC5BC #773BC5 #C53B44 #89C53B

split-complementary

#3BC5BC #C53B89 #C5773B

monochromatic

#1F6762 #2C968F #3BC5BC #6AD3CC #99E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#3BC5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#3BC5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5BC

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5BC	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.116 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7d0',
    500: '#3bc5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5bc;
$custom-light: #85d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.087,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74933,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5BC

secondary

#CD8F93

accent

#4A54DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5BC

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

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