#3BCA9C#3BCA9C

#3BCA9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.138 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCA9C
RGB	rgb(59, 202, 156)
HSL	hsl(161, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 22.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -48.46, 12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 49.97, 165.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.1342 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.138 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9217, 45.5678, 38.7173)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCA9C #CA3B69

analogous

#3BCA54 #3BCA9C #3BB1CA

triadic

#3BCA9C #9C3BCA #CA9C3B

tetradic

#3BCA9C #543BCA #CA3B69 #B1CA3B

square

#3BCA9C #543BCA #CA3B69 #B1CA3B

split-complementary

#3BCA9C #CA3BB1 #CA543B

monochromatic

#1E6D53 #2B9D78 #3BCA9C #6BD7B4 #9BE4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#3BCA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#3BCA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCA9C

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCA9C	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bca9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 202, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.138 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dbb9',
    500: '#3bca9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bca9c;
$custom-light: #84dbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bca9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.699,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75244,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCA9C

secondary

#D091A5

accent

#4779E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCA9C

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

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