#3BC6A6#3BC6A6

#3BC6A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.126 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC6A6
RGB	rgb(59, 198, 166)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 16.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -44.36, 5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 44.69, 173.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.1255 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.126 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8772, 44.0678, 43.0530)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC6A6 #C63B5B

analogous

#3BC660 #3BC6A6 #3BA0C6

triadic

#3BC6A6 #A63BC6 #C6A63B

tetradic

#3BC6A6 #603BC6 #C63B5B #A0C63B

square

#3BC6A6 #603BC6 #C63B5B #A0C63B

split-complementary

#3BC6A6 #C63BA0 #C6603B

monochromatic

#1E6857 #2C987F #3BC6A6 #6AD4BC #9AE2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#3BC6A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#3BC6A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC6A6

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC6A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC6A6	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc6a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 198, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.126 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d8c0',
    500: '#3bc6a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc6a6;
$custom-light: #84d8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc6a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.187,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7451,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC6A6

secondary

#CD8F9E

accent

#4A6CDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC6A6

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

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