#3BC6B9#3BC6B9

#3BC6B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.117 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC6B9
RGB	rgb(59, 198, 185)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 6.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -39.39, -4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 39.61, 186.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.1168 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.117 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7505, 44.8172, 52.9195)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC6B9 #C63B48

analogous

#3BC673 #3BC6B9 #3B8EC6

triadic

#3BC6B9 #B93BC6 #C6B93B

tetradic

#3BC6B9 #733BC6 #C63B48 #8EC63B

square

#3BC6B9 #733BC6 #C63B48 #8EC63B

split-complementary

#3BC6B9 #C63B8E #C6733B

monochromatic

#1E6861 #2C988E #3BC6B9 #6AD4CA #9AE2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#3BC6B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#3BC6B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC6B9

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC6B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC6B9	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)

#BCBBB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc6b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 198, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.117 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8ce',
    500: '#3bc6b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc6b9;
$custom-light: #85d8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc6b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.388,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75081,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC6B9

secondary

#CD8F95

accent

#4A57DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC6B9

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

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