#3BBCD3#3BBCD3

#3BBCD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.113 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCD3
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -27.08, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 34.67, 218.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0958 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.113 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5397, 41.5957, 67.9819)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCD3 #D3523B

analogous

#3BD39E #3BBCD3 #3B70D3

triadic

#3BBCD3 #D33BBC #BCD33B

tetradic

#3BBCD3 #9E3BD3 #D3523B #70D33B

square

#3BBCD3 #9E3BD3 #D3523B #70D33B

split-complementary

#3BBCD3 #D33B70 #D39E3B

monochromatic

#1B6A79 #2697AB #3BBCD3 #6DCDDE #9FDEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#3BBCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#3BBCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCD3

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCD3	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.113 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0e0',
    500: '#3bbcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbcd3;
$custom-light: #86d0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.079,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73584,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCD3

secondary

#D69E94

accent

#5A41E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCD3

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

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