#3BC8BC#3BC8BC

#3BC8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.118 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC8BC
RGB	rgb(59, 200, 188)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 6%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -39.47, -4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 39.76, 186.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.1174 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.118 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5307, 45.8655, 54.7584)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC8BC #C83B47

analogous

#3BC876 #3BC8BC #3B8DC8

triadic

#3BC8BC #BC3BC8 #C8BC3B

tetradic

#3BC8BC #763BC8 #C83B47 #8DC83B

square

#3BC8BC #763BC8 #C83B47 #8DC83B

split-complementary

#3BC8BC #C83B8D #C8763B

monochromatic

#1E6B64 #2B9A91 #3BC8BC #6BD5CC #9BE3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#3BC8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#3BC8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC8BC

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC8BC	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 200, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.118 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9d0',
    500: '#3bc8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc8bc;
$custom-light: #85d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.894,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75668,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC8BC

secondary

#CF9095

accent

#4855DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC8BC

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

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