#3BC8B8#3BC8B8

#3BC8B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC8B8
RGB	rgb(59, 200, 184)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 8%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -40.55, -2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 40.65, 183.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.1192 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.12 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1055, 45.6954, 52.5188)
Luminance	0.4570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC8B8 #C83B4B

analogous

#3BC871 #3BC8B8 #3B92C8

triadic

#3BC8B8 #B83BC8 #C8B83B

tetradic

#3BC8B8 #713BC8 #C83B4B #92C83B

square

#3BC8B8 #713BC8 #C83B4B #92C83B

split-complementary

#3BC8B8 #C83B92 #C8713B

monochromatic

#1E6B62 #2B9A8E #3BC8B8 #6BD5C9 #9BE3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#3BC8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#3BC8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC8B8

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC8B8	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 200, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9cd',
    500: '#3bc8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc8b8;
$custom-light: #85d9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.191,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75541,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC8B8

secondary

#CF9097

accent

#4859DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC8B8

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

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