#3BC8C8#3BC8C8

#3BC8C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.116 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC8C8
RGB	rgb(59, 200, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -36.11, -10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 37.69, 196.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.1122 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.116 195)
XYZ	xyz(32.8785, 46.4046, 61.8566)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC8C8 #C83B3B

analogous

#3BC881 #3BC8C8 #3B81C8

triadic

#3BC8C8 #C83BC8 #C8C83B

tetradic

#3BC8C8 #813BC8 #C83B3B #81C83B

square

#3BC8C8 #813BC8 #C83B3B #81C83B

split-complementary

#3BC8C8 #C83B81 #C8813B

monochromatic

#1E6B6B #2B9A9A #3BC8C8 #6BD5D5 #9BE3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#3BC8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#3BC8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC8C8

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC8C8	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBEC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 200, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.116 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9d8',
    500: '#3bc8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc8c8;
$custom-light: #86d9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76067,
    "c": 0.11611,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.46408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC8C8

secondary

#CF9090

accent

#4848DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC8C8

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

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