#3BC6B8#3BC6B8

#3BC6B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC6B8
RGB	rgb(59, 198, 184)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 7.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -39.66, -3.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 39.83, 185.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.1172 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.118 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6453, 44.7751, 52.3655)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC6B8 #C63B49

analogous

#3BC672 #3BC6B8 #3B8EC6

triadic

#3BC6B8 #B83BC6 #C6B83B

tetradic

#3BC6B8 #723BC6 #C63B49 #8EC63B

square

#3BC6B8 #723BC6 #C63B49 #8EC63B

split-complementary

#3BC6B8 #C63B8E #C6723B

monochromatic

#1E6861 #2C988D #3BC6B8 #6AD4C9 #9AE2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#3BC6B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#3BC6B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC6B8

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC6B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC6B8	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc6b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 198, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8cd',
    500: '#3bc6b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc6b8;
$custom-light: #85d8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc6b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.957,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75049,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC6B8

secondary

#CD8F96

accent

#4A59DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC6B8

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

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