#3BC8C5#3BC8C5

#3BC8C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.116 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC8C5
RGB	rgb(59, 200, 197)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 1.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -36.96, -9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 38.12, 194.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.1135 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.116 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5313, 46.2657, 60.0282)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC8C5 #C83B3E

analogous

#3BC87E #3BC8C5 #3B85C8

triadic

#3BC8C5 #C53BC8 #C8C53B

tetradic

#3BC8C5 #7E3BC8 #C83B3E #85C83B

square

#3BC8C5 #7E3BC8 #C83B3E #85C83B

split-complementary

#3BC8C5 #C83B85 #C87E3B

monochromatic

#1E6B69 #2B9A98 #3BC8C5 #6BD5D3 #9BE3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#3BC8C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#3BC8C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC8C5

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC8C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC8C5	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc8c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 200, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.116 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9d6',
    500: '#3bc8c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc8c5;
$custom-light: #86d9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc8c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.723,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75965,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC8C5

secondary

#CF9091

accent

#484CDF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC8C5

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

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