#3BCAC8#3BCAC8

#3BCAC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.117 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCAC8
RGB	rgb(59, 202, 200)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -37.03, -9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 38.34, 194.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.1141 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.117 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3447, 47.3370, 62.0120)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCAC8 #CA3B3D

analogous

#3BCA80 #3BCAC8 #3B84CA

triadic

#3BCAC8 #C83BCA #CAC83B

tetradic

#3BCAC8 #803BCA #CA3B3D #84CA3B

square

#3BCAC8 #803BCA #CA3B3D #84CA3B

split-complementary

#3BCAC8 #CA3B84 #CA803B

monochromatic

#1E6D6C #2B9D9C #3BCAC8 #6BD7D6 #9BE4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#3BCAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#3BCAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCAC8

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCAC8	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 202, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.117 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dad8',
    500: '#3bcac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcac8;
$custom-light: #87dad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.161,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76552,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCAC8

secondary

#D09192

accent

#4749E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCAC8

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

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