#3BCBC6#3BCBC6

#3BCBC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.118 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCBC6
RGB	rgb(59, 203, 198)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 2.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -38.06, -8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 38.99, 192.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.116 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.118 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3479, 47.7149, 60.8675)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCBC6 #CB3B40

analogous

#3BCB7E #3BCBC6 #3B88CB

triadic

#3BCBC6 #C63BCB #CBC63B

tetradic

#3BCBC6 #7E3BCB #CB3B40 #88CB3B

square

#3BCBC6 #7E3BCB #CB3B40 #88CB3B

split-complementary

#3BCBC6 #CB3B88 #CB7E3B

monochromatic

#1D6E6C #2A9F9B #3BCBC6 #6BD8D4 #9CE5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#3BCBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#3BCBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCBC6

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCBC6	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 203, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.118 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbd7',
    500: '#3bcbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcbc6;
$custom-light: #87dbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.917,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76728,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCBC6

secondary

#D19193

accent

#474CE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCBC6

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

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