#3BCAB5#3BCAB5

#3BCAB5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.123 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCAB5
RGB	rgb(59, 202, 181)
HSL	hsl(171, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 10.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -42.24, -0.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 42.24, 180.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.1226 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.123 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2606, 46.5034, 51.0356)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCAB5 #CA3B50

analogous

#3BCA6D #3BCAB5 #3B97CA

triadic

#3BCAB5 #B53BCA #CAB53B

tetradic

#3BCAB5 #6D3BCA #CA3B50 #97CA3B

square

#3BCAB5 #6D3BCA #CA3B50 #97CA3B

split-complementary

#3BCAB5 #CA3B97 #CA6D3B

monochromatic

#1E6D61 #2B9D8C #3BCAB5 #6BD7C7 #9BE4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#3BCAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#3BCAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCAB5

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCAB5	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAFB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 202, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.123 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dbcb',
    500: '#3bcab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcab5;
$custom-light: #85dbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.189,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75941,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCAB5

secondary

#D0919A

accent

#475EE1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCAB5

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

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