#3BC9C6#3BC9C6

#3BC9C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.117 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9C6
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 198)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 0%, 1.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -37.14, -9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 38.30, 194.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.114 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.117 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8786, 46.7764, 60.7111)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9C6 #C93B3E

analogous

#3BC97F #3BC9C6 #3B85C9

triadic

#3BC9C6 #C63BC9 #C9C63B

tetradic

#3BC9C6 #7F3BC9 #C93B3E #85C93B

square

#3BC9C6 #7F3BC9 #C93B3E #85C93B

split-complementary

#3BC9C6 #C93B85 #C97F3B

monochromatic

#1E6C6A #2B9C99 #3BC9C6 #6BD6D4 #9BE3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#3BC9C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#3BC9C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9C6

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9C6	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.117 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dad7',
    500: '#3bc9c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9c6;
$custom-light: #86dad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.732,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76242,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9C6

secondary

#CF9092

accent

#484BE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9C6

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

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