#3BC5BE#3BC5BE

#3BC5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5BE
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 190)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -37.55, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 38.23, 190.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.1136 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.115 190)
XYZ	xyz(31.0598, 44.5764, 55.6724)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5BE #C53B42

analogous

#3BC579 #3BC5BE #3B87C5

triadic

#3BC5BE #BE3BC5 #C5BE3B

tetradic

#3BC5BE #793BC5 #C53B42 #87C53B

square

#3BC5BE #793BC5 #C53B42 #87C53B

split-complementary

#3BC5BE #C53B87 #C5793B

monochromatic

#1F6763 #2C9691 #3BC5BE #6AD3CE #99E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#3BC5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#3BC5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5BE

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5BE	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7d1',
    500: '#3bc5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5be;
$custom-light: #85d7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.957,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74999,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.4458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5BE

secondary

#CD8F92

accent

#4A52DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5BE

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

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