#3BBDCE#3BBDCE

#3BBDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDCE
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -29.10, -18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 34.60, 212.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0988 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.112 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1370, 41.7776, 64.8034)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDCE #CE4C3B

analogous

#3BCE96 #3BBDCE #3B74CE

triadic

#3BBDCE #CE3BBD #BDCE3B

tetradic

#3BBDCE #963BCE #CE4C3B #74CE3B

square

#3BBDCE #963BCE #CE4C3B #74CE3B

split-complementary

#3BBDCE #CE3B74 #CE963B

monochromatic

#1D6872 #2995A3 #3BBDCE #6CCDDA #9DDEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#3BBDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#3BBDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDCE

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDCE	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1dd',
    500: '#3bbdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdce;
$custom-light: #86d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.939,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73629,
    "c": 0.11165,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDCE

secondary

#D39A92

accent

#5745E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDCE

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

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