#3BCAC9#3BCAC9

#3BCAC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.117 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCAC9
RGB	rgb(59, 202, 201)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -36.75, -10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 38.20, 195.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.1137 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.117 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4620, 47.3839, 62.6295)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCAC9 #CA3B3C

analogous

#3BCA81 #3BCAC9 #3B83CA

triadic

#3BCAC9 #C93BCA #CAC93B

tetradic

#3BCAC9 #813BCA #CA3B3C #83CA3B

square

#3BCAC9 #813BCA #CA3B3C #83CA3B

split-complementary

#3BCAC9 #CA3B83 #CA813B

monochromatic

#1E6D6D #2B9D9C #3BCAC9 #6BD7D6 #9BE4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#3BCAC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#3BCAC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCAC9

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCAC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCAC9	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 202, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.117 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dad9',
    500: '#3bcac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcac9;
$custom-light: #87dad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.58,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76586,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCAC9

secondary

#D09191

accent

#4748E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCAC9

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

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