#3BC8A6#3BC8A6

#3BC8A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.128 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC8A6
RGB	rgb(59, 200, 166)
HSL	hsl(166, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 17%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -45.21, 6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 45.65, 172.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.1275 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.128 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3373, 44.9881, 43.2064)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC8A6 #C83B5D

analogous

#3BC85F #3BC8A6 #3BA3C8

triadic

#3BC8A6 #A63BC8 #C8A63B

tetradic

#3BC8A6 #5F3BC8 #C83B5D #A3C83B

square

#3BC8A6 #5F3BC8 #C83B5D #A3C83B

split-complementary

#3BC8A6 #C83BA3 #C85F3B

monochromatic

#1E6B58 #2B9A80 #3BC8A6 #6BD5BC #9BE3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#3BC8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#3BC8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC8A6

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC8A6	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 200, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.128 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d9c0',
    500: '#3bc8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc8a6;
$custom-light: #84d9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.532,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75009,
    "c": 0.12848,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC8A6

secondary

#CF909F

accent

#486DDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC8A6

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

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