#3AC9DD#3AC9DD

#3AC9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.120 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3AC9DD
RGB	rgb(58, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(187, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -30.51, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 36.89, 214.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.1047 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.12 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6770, 47.8890, 75.7558)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3AC9DD #DD4E3A

analogous

#3ADDA0 #3AC9DD #3A78DD

triadic

#3AC9DD #DD3AC9 #C9DD3A

tetradic

#3AC9DD #A03ADD #DD4E3A #78DD3A

square

#3AC9DD #A03ADD #DD4E3A #78DD3A

split-complementary

#3AC9DD #DD3A78 #DDA03A

monochromatic

#177886 #20A7BA #3AC9DD #6ED7E6 #A2E6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#3AC9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#3AC9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3AC9DD

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3AC9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3AC9DD	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ac9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.120 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9e7',
    500: '#3ac9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ac9dd;
$custom-light: #88d9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ac9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.362,
    "s": 70.563,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77051,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3AC9DD

secondary

#DC9F97

accent

#503AED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #3AC9DD

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

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