#3BC8C6#3BC8C6

#3BC8C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.116 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC8C6
RGB	rgb(59, 200, 198)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 1%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -36.68, -9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 37.97, 194.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.113 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.116 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6463, 46.3117, 60.6336)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC8C6 #C83B3D

analogous

#3BC87F #3BC8C6 #3B83C8

triadic

#3BC8C6 #C63BC8 #C8C63B

tetradic

#3BC8C6 #7F3BC8 #C83B3D #83C83B

square

#3BC8C6 #7F3BC8 #C83B3D #83C83B

split-complementary

#3BC8C6 #C83B83 #C87F3B

monochromatic

#1E6B6A #2B9A99 #3BC8C6 #6BD5D4 #9BE3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#3BC8C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#3BC8C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC8C6

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC8C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC8C6	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc8c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 200, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.116 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9d7',
    500: '#3bc8c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc8c6;
$custom-light: #86d9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc8c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.149,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75999,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC8C6

secondary

#CF9091

accent

#484ADF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC8C6

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

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