#3BCAC6#3BCAC6

#3BCAC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.118 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCAC6
RGB	rgb(59, 202, 198)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -37.60, -8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 38.64, 193.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.115 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.118 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1125, 47.2442, 60.7890)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCAC6 #CA3B3F

analogous

#3BCA7E #3BCAC6 #3B86CA

triadic

#3BCAC6 #C63BCA #CAC63B

tetradic

#3BCAC6 #7E3BCA #CA3B3F #86CA3B

square

#3BCAC6 #7E3BCA #CA3B3F #86CA3B

split-complementary

#3BCAC6 #CA3B86 #CA7E3B

monochromatic

#1E6D6B #2B9D9A #3BCAC6 #6BD7D4 #9BE4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#3BCAC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#3BCAC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCAC6

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCAC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCAC6	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 202, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.118 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dad7',
    500: '#3bcac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcac6;
$custom-light: #86dad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.322,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76485,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCAC6

secondary

#D09193

accent

#474BE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCAC6

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

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