#3BC5C7#3BC5C7

#3BC5C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.114 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5C7
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 199)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -35.00, -11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 36.89, 198.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.1096 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.114 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0740, 44.9821, 61.0138)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5C7 #C73D3B

analogous

#3BC783 #3BC5C7 #3B7FC7

triadic

#3BC5C7 #C73BC5 #C5C73B

tetradic

#3BC5C7 #833BC7 #C73D3B #7FC73B

square

#3BC5C7 #833BC7 #C73D3B #7FC73B

split-complementary

#3BC5C7 #C73B7F #C7833B

monochromatic

#1E6869 #2C9899 #3BC5C7 #6BD3D5 #9AE1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#3BC5C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#3BC5C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5C7

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5C7	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ACC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.114 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7d8',
    500: '#3bc5c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5c7;
$custom-light: #86d7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75305,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5C7

secondary

#CE9190

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5C7

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

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