#3BC5C2#3BC5C2

#3BC5C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.115 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5C2
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 194)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 1.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -36.43, -9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 37.56, 194.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.1118 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.115 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5030, 44.7537, 58.0065)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5C2 #C53B3E

analogous

#3BC57D #3BC5C2 #3B83C5

triadic

#3BC5C2 #C23BC5 #C5C23B

tetradic

#3BC5C2 #7D3BC5 #C53B3E #83C53B

square

#3BC5C2 #7D3BC5 #C53B3E #83C53B

split-complementary

#3BC5C2 #C53B83 #C57D3B

monochromatic

#1F6766 #2C9694 #3BC5C2 #6AD3D1 #99E1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#3BC5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#3BC5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5C2

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5C2	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ACC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.115 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7d4',
    500: '#3bc5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5c2;
$custom-light: #85d7d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.696,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75133,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5C2

secondary

#CD8F90

accent

#4A4DDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5C2

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

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