#3BCAC4#3BCAC4

#3BCAC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.118 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCAC4
RGB	rgb(59, 202, 196)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -38.16, -7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 38.97, 191.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.1159 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.118 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8834, 47.1525, 59.5821)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCAC4 #CA3B41

analogous

#3BCA7C #3BCAC4 #3B88CA

triadic

#3BCAC4 #C43BCA #CAC43B

tetradic

#3BCAC4 #7C3BCA #CA3B41 #88CA3B

square

#3BCAC4 #7C3BCA #CA3B41 #88CA3B

split-complementary

#3BCAC4 #CA3B88 #CA7C3B

monochromatic

#1E6D6A #2B9D98 #3BCAC4 #6BD7D3 #9BE4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#3BCAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#3BCAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCAC4

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCAC4	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B0C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 202, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.118 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dad5',
    500: '#3bcac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcac4;
$custom-light: #86dad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.483,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76418,
    "c": 0.11796,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCAC4

secondary

#D09193

accent

#474EE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCAC4

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

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