#3BC6C8#3BC6C8

#3BC6C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.115 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC6C8
RGB	rgb(59, 198, 200)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 1%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -35.18, -11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 37.07, 198.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.1102 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.115 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4183, 45.4843, 61.7032)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC6C8 #C83D3B

analogous

#3BC883 #3BC6C8 #3B7FC8

triadic

#3BC6C8 #C83BC6 #C6C83B

tetradic

#3BC6C8 #833BC8 #C83D3B #7FC83B

square

#3BC6C8 #833BC8 #C83D3B #7FC83B

split-complementary

#3BC6C8 #C83B7F #C8833B

monochromatic

#1E6A6B #2B999A #3BC6C8 #6BD4D5 #9BE2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#3BC6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#3BC6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC6C8

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC6C8	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ADC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 198, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.115 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d8d8',
    500: '#3bc6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc6c8;
$custom-light: #86d8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.851,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75582,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC6C8

secondary

#CF9190

accent

#4A48DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC6C8

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

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