#3BC6B6#3BC6B6

#3BC6B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC6B6
RGB	rgb(59, 198, 182)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 8.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -40.20, -2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 40.29, 183.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.1181 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.118 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4372, 44.6918, 51.2692)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC6B6 #C63B4B

analogous

#3BC671 #3BC6B6 #3B90C6

triadic

#3BC6B6 #B63BC6 #C6B63B

tetradic

#3BC6B6 #713BC6 #C63B4B #90C63B

square

#3BC6B6 #713BC6 #C63B4B #90C63B

split-complementary

#3BC6B6 #C63B90 #C6713B

monochromatic

#1E6860 #2C988B #3BC6B6 #6AD4C8 #9AE2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#3BC6B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#3BC6B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC6B6

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC6B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC6B6	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc6b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 198, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8cb',
    500: '#3bc6b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc6b6;
$custom-light: #85d8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc6b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.094,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74986,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC6B6

secondary

#CD8F97

accent

#4A5BDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC6B6

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

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