#3BC5C5#3BC5C5

#3BC5C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.114 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5C5
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 197)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -35.57, -10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 37.13, 196.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.1105 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.114 195)
XYZ	xyz(31.8434, 44.8898, 59.7988)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5C5 #C53B3B

analogous

#3BC580 #3BC5C5 #3B80C5

triadic

#3BC5C5 #C53BC5 #C5C53B

tetradic

#3BC5C5 #803BC5 #C53B3B #80C53B

square

#3BC5C5 #803BC5 #C53B3B #80C53B

split-complementary

#3BC5C5 #C53B80 #C5803B

monochromatic

#1F6767 #2C9696 #3BC5C5 #6AD3D3 #99E1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#3BC5C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#3BC5C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5C5

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5C5	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BBC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ACC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.114 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7d6',
    500: '#3bc5c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5c5;
$custom-light: #86d7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75235,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.44894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5C5

secondary

#CD8F8F

accent

#4A4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5C5

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

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