#3BC5C3#3BC5C3

#3BC5C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.115 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5C3
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 195)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -36.15, -9.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 37.41, 194.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.1114 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.115 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6157, 44.7987, 58.5999)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5C3 #C53B3D

analogous

#3BC57E #3BC5C3 #3B82C5

triadic

#3BC5C3 #C33BC5 #C5C33B

tetradic

#3BC5C3 #7E3BC5 #C53B3D #82C53B

square

#3BC5C3 #7E3BC5 #C53B3D #82C53B

split-complementary

#3BC5C3 #C53B82 #C57E3B

monochromatic

#1F6766 #2C9695 #3BC5C3 #6AD3D1 #99E1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#3BC5C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#3BC5C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5C3

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5C3	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ACC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.115 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7d5',
    500: '#3bc5c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5c3;
$custom-light: #85d7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.13,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75167,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5C3

secondary

#CD8F90

accent

#4A4CDE

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5C3

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

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