#3BC5C4#3BC5C4

#3BC5C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.114 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5C4
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 196)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -35.86, -10.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 37.27, 195.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.1109 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.114 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7292, 44.8441, 59.1974)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5C4 #C53B3C

analogous

#3BC57F #3BC5C4 #3B81C5

triadic

#3BC5C4 #C43BC5 #C5C43B

tetradic

#3BC5C4 #7F3BC5 #C53B3C #81C53B

square

#3BC5C4 #7F3BC5 #C53B3C #81C53B

split-complementary

#3BC5C4 #C53B81 #C57F3B

monochromatic

#1F6767 #2C9696 #3BC5C4 #6AD3D2 #99E1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#3BC5C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#3BC5C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5C4

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5C4	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BBC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ACC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.114 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7d5',
    500: '#3bc5c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5c4;
$custom-light: #86d7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.565,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75201,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5C4

secondary

#CD8F90

accent

#4A4BDE

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5C4

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

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