#3BC5CC#3BC5CC

#3BC5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.114 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5CC
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 204)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -33.55, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 36.40, 202.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.1075 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.114 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6641, 45.2181, 64.1215)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5CC #CC423B

analogous

#3BCC8B #3BC5CC #3B7CCC

triadic

#3BC5CC #CC3BC5 #C5CC3B

tetradic

#3BC5CC #8B3BCC #CC423B #7CCC3B

square

#3BC5CC #8B3BCC #CC423B #7CCC3B

split-complementary

#3BC5CC #CC3B7C #CC8B3B

monochromatic

#1D6C70 #2A9AA0 #3BC5CC #6CD3D9 #9CE2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#3BC5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#3BC5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5CC

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5CC	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.114 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7db',
    500: '#3bc5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5cc;
$custom-light: #86d7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.897,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75482,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5CC

secondary

#D19592

accent

#4D46E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5CC

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

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