#3BC1CC#3BC1CC

#3BC1CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.113 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC1CC
RGB	rgb(59, 193, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 5.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -31.64, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 35.42, 206.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.1035 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.113 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7679, 43.4256, 63.8227)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC1CC #CC463B

analogous

#3BCC8F #3BC1CC #3B79CC

triadic

#3BC1CC #CC3BC1 #C1CC3B

tetradic

#3BC1CC #8F3BCC #CC463B #79CC3B

square

#3BC1CC #8F3BCC #CC463B #79CC3B

split-complementary

#3BC1CC #CC3B79 #CC8F3B

monochromatic

#1D6970 #2A97A0 #3BC1CC #6CD0D9 #9CE0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#3BC1CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#3BC1CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC1CC

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC1CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC1CC	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc1cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 193, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.113 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d4db',
    500: '#3bc1cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc1cc;
$custom-light: #86d4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc1cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.552,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74517,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC1CC

secondary

#D19692

accent

#5246E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC1CC

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

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