#3BC5C8#3BC5C8

#3BC5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.114 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5C8
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 200)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -34.71, -12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 36.77, 199.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.1092 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.114 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1905, 45.0286, 61.6272)
Luminance	0.4503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5C8 #C83E3B

analogous

#3BC885 #3BC5C8 #3B7EC8

triadic

#3BC5C8 #C83BC5 #C5C83B

tetradic

#3BC5C8 #853BC8 #C83E3B #7EC83B

square

#3BC5C8 #853BC8 #C83E3B #7EC83B

split-complementary

#3BC5C8 #C83B7E #C8853B

monochromatic

#1E696B #2B989A #3BC5C8 #6BD3D5 #9BE1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#3BC5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#3BC5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5C8

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5C8	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ACC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.114 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7d8',
    500: '#3bc5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5c8;
$custom-light: #86d7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.277,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7534,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5C8

secondary

#CF9190

accent

#4C48DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5C8

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

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