#3BC5C0#3BC5C0

#3BC5C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.115 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5C0
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 192)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 2.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -36.99, -8.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 37.88, 192.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.1127 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.115 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2799, 44.6644, 56.8315)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5C0 #C53B40

analogous

#3BC57B #3BC5C0 #3B85C5

triadic

#3BC5C0 #C03BC5 #C5C03B

tetradic

#3BC5C0 #7B3BC5 #C53B40 #85C53B

square

#3BC5C0 #7B3BC5 #C53B40 #85C53B

split-complementary

#3BC5C0 #C53B85 #C57B3B

monochromatic

#1F6764 #2C9692 #3BC5C0 #6AD3CF #99E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#3BC5C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#3BC5C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5C0

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5C0	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.115 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7d3',
    500: '#3bc5c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5c0;
$custom-light: #85d7d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.826,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75065,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5C0

secondary

#CD8F91

accent

#4A4FDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5C0

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

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