#3BC5CA#3BC5CA

#3BC5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.114 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5CA
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -34.13, -13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 36.57, 201.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.1083 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.114 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4258, 45.1228, 62.8663)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5CA #CA403B

analogous

#3BCA87 #3BC5CA #3B7DCA

triadic

#3BC5CA #CA3BC5 #C5CA3B

tetradic

#3BC5CA #873BCA #CA403B #7DCA3B

square

#3BC5CA #873BCA #CA403B #7DCA3B

split-complementary

#3BC5CA #CA3B7D #CA873B

monochromatic

#1E6A6D #2B999D #3BC5CA #6BD3D7 #9BE2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#3BC5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#3BC5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5CA

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5CA	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.114 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7da',
    500: '#3bc5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5ca;
$custom-light: #86d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.098,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75411,
    "c": 0.11432,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5CA

secondary

#D09391

accent

#4C47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5CA

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

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