#3BC5BD#3BC5BD

#3BC5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.116 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5BD
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 189)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -37.83, -6.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 38.41, 189.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.114 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.116 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9509, 44.5328, 55.0987)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5BD #C53B43

analogous

#3BC578 #3BC5BD #3B88C5

triadic

#3BC5BD #BD3BC5 #C5BD3B

tetradic

#3BC5BD #783BC5 #C53B43 #88C53B

square

#3BC5BD #783BC5 #C53B43 #88C53B

split-complementary

#3BC5BD #C53B88 #C5783B

monochromatic

#1F6763 #2C9690 #3BC5BD #6AD3CD #99E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#3BC5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#3BC5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5BD

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5BD	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.116 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7d0',
    500: '#3bc5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5bd;
$custom-light: #85d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.522,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74965,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5BD

secondary

#CD8F93

accent

#4A53DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5BD

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

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