#3BC8B4#3BC8B4

#3BC8B4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC8B4
RGB	rgb(59, 200, 180)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 10%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -41.62, -0.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 41.63, 181.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.121 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.121 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6921, 45.5301, 50.3418)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC8B4 #C83B4F

analogous

#3BC86D #3BC8B4 #3B96C8

triadic

#3BC8B4 #B43BC8 #C8B43B

tetradic

#3BC8B4 #6D3BC8 #C83B4F #96C83B

square

#3BC8B4 #6D3BC8 #C83B4F #96C83B

split-complementary

#3BC8B4 #C83B96 #C86D3B

monochromatic

#1E6B60 #2B9A8B #3BC8B4 #6BD5C6 #9BE3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#3BC8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#3BC8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC8B4

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC8B4	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBCB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAEB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 200, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9ca',
    500: '#3bc8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc8b4;
$custom-light: #85d9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.489,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75417,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC8B4

secondary

#CF9099

accent

#485EDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC8B4

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

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