#3BCAC5#3BCAC5

#3BCAC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.118 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCAC5
RGB	rgb(59, 202, 197)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 2.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -37.88, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 38.81, 192.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.1154 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.118 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9976, 47.1982, 60.1836)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCAC5 #CA3B40

analogous

#3BCA7D #3BCAC5 #3B87CA

triadic

#3BCAC5 #C53BCA #CAC53B

tetradic

#3BCAC5 #7D3BCA #CA3B40 #87CA3B

square

#3BCAC5 #7D3BCA #CA3B40 #87CA3B

split-complementary

#3BCAC5 #CA3B87 #CA7D3B

monochromatic

#1E6D6A #2B9D99 #3BCAC5 #6BD7D3 #9BE4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#3BCAC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#3BCAC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCAC5

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCAC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCAC5	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B0C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 202, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.118 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dad6',
    500: '#3bcac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcac5;
$custom-light: #86dad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.902,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76451,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCAC5

secondary

#D09193

accent

#474CE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCAC5

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

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