#3BCAB4#3BCAB4

#3BCAB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.123 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCAB4
RGB	rgb(59, 202, 180)
HSL	hsl(171, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 10.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -42.50, 0.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 42.50, 179.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.123 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.123 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1584, 46.4625, 50.4972)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCAB4 #CA3B51

analogous

#3BCA6C #3BCAB4 #3B98CA

triadic

#3BCAB4 #B43BCA #CAB43B

tetradic

#3BCAB4 #6C3BCA #CA3B51 #98CA3B

square

#3BCAB4 #6C3BCA #CA3B51 #98CA3B

split-complementary

#3BCAB4 #CA3B98 #CA6C3B

monochromatic

#1E6D61 #2B9D8C #3BCAB4 #6BD7C6 #9BE4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#3BCAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#3BCAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCAB4

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCAB4	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAFB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 202, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.123 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dbca',
    500: '#3bcab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcab4;
$custom-light: #85dbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75911,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCAB4

secondary

#D0919B

accent

#475FE1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCAB4

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

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