#3BC1CE#3BC1CE

#3BC1CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.113 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC1CE
RGB	rgb(59, 193, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -31.04, -16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 35.36, 208.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.1027 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.113 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0093, 43.5222, 65.0942)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC1CE #CE483B

analogous

#3BCE92 #3BC1CE #3B78CE

triadic

#3BC1CE #CE3BC1 #C1CE3B

tetradic

#3BC1CE #923BCE #CE483B #78CE3B

square

#3BC1CE #923BCE #CE483B #78CE3B

split-complementary

#3BC1CE #CE3B78 #CE923B

monochromatic

#1D6B72 #2998A3 #3BC1CE #6CD0DA #9DE0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#3BC1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#3BC1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC1CE

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC1CE	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 193, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.113 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d4dd',
    500: '#3bc1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc1ce;
$custom-light: #86d4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.306,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74591,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC1CE

secondary

#D39892

accent

#5345E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC1CE

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

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