#3BBCD4#3BBCD4

#3BBCD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.114 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCD4
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -26.77, -22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 34.74, 219.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0954 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.114 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6654, 41.6460, 68.6442)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCD4 #D4533B

analogous

#3BD4A0 #3BBCD4 #3B6FD4

triadic

#3BBCD4 #D43BBC #BCD43B

tetradic

#3BBCD4 #A03BD4 #D4533B #6FD43B

square

#3BBCD4 #A03BD4 #D4533B #6FD43B

split-complementary

#3BBCD4 #D43B6F #D4A03B

monochromatic

#1B6B7A #2697AC #3BBCD4 #6DCDDF #9FDEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#3BBCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#3BBCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCD4

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCD4	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.114 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0e1',
    500: '#3bbcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbcd4;
$custom-light: #86d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.412,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73624,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCD4

secondary

#D69F94

accent

#5B41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCD4

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

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