#3BC8A9#3BC8A9

#3BC8A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.127 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC8A9
RGB	rgb(59, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(167, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -44.46, 4.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 44.72, 173.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.1261 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.127 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6157, 45.0995, 44.6727)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC8A9 #C83B5A

analogous

#3BC863 #3BC8A9 #3BA0C8

triadic

#3BC8A9 #A93BC8 #C8A93B

tetradic

#3BC8A9 #633BC8 #C83B5A #A0C83B

square

#3BC8A9 #633BC8 #C83B5A #A0C83B

split-complementary

#3BC8A9 #C83BA0 #C8633B

monochromatic

#1E6B5A #2B9A82 #3BC8A9 #6BD5BE #9BE3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#3BC8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#3BC8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC8A9

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC8A9	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.127 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d9c2',
    500: '#3bc8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc8a9;
$custom-light: #84d9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.809,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75093,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC8A9

secondary

#CF909E

accent

#486ADF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC8A9

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

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