#3BC8B6#3BC8B6

#3BC8B6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC8B6
RGB	rgb(59, 200, 182)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 9%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -41.09, -1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 41.13, 182.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.1201 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.12 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8973, 45.6121, 51.4225)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC8B6 #C83B4D

analogous

#3BC86F #3BC8B6 #3B94C8

triadic

#3BC8B6 #B63BC8 #C8B63B

tetradic

#3BC8B6 #6F3BC8 #C83B4D #94C83B

square

#3BC8B6 #6F3BC8 #C83B4D #94C83B

split-complementary

#3BC8B6 #C83B94 #C86F3B

monochromatic

#1E6B61 #2B9A8C #3BC8B6 #6BD5C8 #9BE3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#3BC8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#3BC8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC8B6

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC8B6	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBCB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAEB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 200, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9cb',
    500: '#3bc8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc8b6;
$custom-light: #85d9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.34,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75479,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC8B6

secondary

#CF9098

accent

#485CDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC8B6

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

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