#3BCBC4#3BCBC4

#3BCBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.119 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCBC4
RGB	rgb(59, 203, 196)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 3.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -38.62, -7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 39.33, 190.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.1169 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.119 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1187, 47.6233, 59.6606)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCBC4 #CB3B42

analogous

#3BCB7C #3BCBC4 #3B8ACB

triadic

#3BCBC4 #C43BCB #CBC43B

tetradic

#3BCBC4 #7C3BCB #CB3B42 #8ACB3B

square

#3BCBC4 #7C3BCB #CB3B42 #8ACB3B

split-complementary

#3BCBC4 #CB3B8A #CB7C3B

monochromatic

#1D6E6A #2A9F99 #3BCBC4 #6BD8D3 #9CE5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#3BCBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#3BCBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCBC4

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCBC4	1.00	2.00	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 203, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.119 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbd5',
    500: '#3bcbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcbc4;
$custom-light: #86dbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.083,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76661,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCBC4

secondary

#D19194

accent

#474EE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCBC4

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

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