#3BC9C4#3BC9C4

#3BC9C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.117 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9C4
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 196)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 2.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -37.70, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 38.62, 192.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.1149 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.117 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6495, 46.6848, 59.5042)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9C4 #C93B40

analogous

#3BC97D #3BC9C4 #3B87C9

triadic

#3BC9C4 #C43BC9 #C9C43B

tetradic

#3BC9C4 #7D3BC9 #C93B40 #87C93B

square

#3BC9C4 #7D3BC9 #C93B40 #87C93B

split-complementary

#3BC9C4 #C93B87 #C97D3B

monochromatic

#1E6C69 #2B9C98 #3BC9C4 #6BD6D2 #9BE3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#3BC9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#3BC9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9C4

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9C4	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBFC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AFC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.117 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dad5',
    500: '#3bc9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9c4;
$custom-light: #86dad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.887,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76174,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9C4

secondary

#CF9093

accent

#484DE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9C4

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

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