#3BC5CB#3BC5CB

#3BC5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.114 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5CB
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 203)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -33.84, -13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 36.48, 201.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.1079 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.114 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5446, 45.1703, 63.4919)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5CB #CB413B

analogous

#3BCB89 #3BC5CB #3B7DCB

triadic

#3BC5CB #CB3BC5 #C5CB3B

tetradic

#3BC5CB #893BCB #CB413B #7DCB3B

square

#3BC5CB #893BCB #CB413B #7DCB3B

split-complementary

#3BC5CB #CB3B7D #CB893B

monochromatic

#1D6B6E #2A9A9F #3BC5CB #6BD3D8 #9CE2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#3BC5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#3BC5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5CB

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5CB	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)

#B7BCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.114 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7da',
    500: '#3bc5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5cb;
$custom-light: #86d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75446,
    "c": 0.11436,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5CB

secondary

#D19491

accent

#4D47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5CB

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

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