#3BC8BA#3BC8BA

#3BC8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.119 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC8BA
RGB	rgb(59, 200, 186)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 7%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -40.01, -3.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 40.19, 185.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.1183 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.119 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3166, 45.7799, 53.6308)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC8BA #C83B49

analogous

#3BC874 #3BC8BA #3B8FC8

triadic

#3BC8BA #BA3BC8 #C8BA3B

tetradic

#3BC8BA #743BC8 #C83B49 #8FC83B

square

#3BC8BA #743BC8 #C83B49 #8FC83B

split-complementary

#3BC8BA #C83B8F #C8743B

monochromatic

#1E6B63 #2B9A8F #3BC8BA #6BD5CB #9BE3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#3BC8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#3BC8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC8BA

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC8BA	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 200, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.119 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9ce',
    500: '#3bc8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc8ba;
$custom-light: #85d9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.043,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75604,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC8BA

secondary

#CF9096

accent

#4857DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC8BA

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

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