#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
RGBrgb(59, 197, 204)
HSLhsl(183, 59%, 52%)
HSVhsv(183, 71%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(71.1%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(73.04, -33.55, -14.13)
CIE-LCHlch(73.04, 36.40, 202.84°)
OKLaboklab(75.48% -0.1075 -0.0392)
OKLCHoklch(75.48% 0.114 200.1)
XYZxyz(32.6641, 45.2181, 64.1215)
Luminance0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##3BC5CC1.002.0910.0410.04
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0421.001.001.00
##00000010.0421.001.001.00

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

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#3BC5CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva