#3BBDCC#3BBDCC

#3BBDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDCC
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -29.71, -17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 34.59, 210.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0996 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.111 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8956, 41.6810, 63.5320)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDCC #CC4A3B

analogous

#3BCC93 #3BBDCC #3B75CC

triadic

#3BBDCC #CC3BBD #BDCC3B

tetradic

#3BBDCC #933BCC #CC4A3B #75CC3B

square

#3BBDCC #933BCC #CC4A3B #75CC3B

split-complementary

#3BBDCC #CC3B75 #CC933B

monochromatic

#1D6770 #2A94A0 #3BBDCC #6CCDD9 #9CDEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#3BBDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#3BBDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDCC

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDCC	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1db',
    500: '#3bbdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdcc;
$custom-light: #85d1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.207,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73553,
    "c": 0.11111,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDCC

secondary

#D19892

accent

#5646E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDCC

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

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