#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
RGBrgb(59, 200, 198)
HSLhsl(179, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(179, 71%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(70.5%, 0%, 1%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.75, -36.68, -9.81)
CIE-LCHlch(73.75, 37.97, 194.97°)
OKLaboklab(76% -0.113 -0.0273)
OKLCHoklch(76% 0.116 193.6)
XYZxyz(32.6463, 46.3117, 60.6336)
Luminance0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##3BC8C61.002.0510.2610.26
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2621.001.001.00
##00000010.2621.001.001.00

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

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#3BC8C6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva