#3BC1CF#3BC1CF

#3BC1CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.113 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC1CF
RGB	rgb(59, 193, 207)
HSL	hsl(186, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 6.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -30.74, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 35.33, 209.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.1023 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.113 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1312, 43.5709, 65.7360)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC1CF #CF493B

analogous

#3BCF93 #3BC1CF #3B77CF

triadic

#3BC1CF #CF3BC1 #C1CF3B

tetradic

#3BC1CF #933BCF #CF493B #77CF3B

square

#3BC1CF #933BCF #CF493B #77CF3B

split-complementary

#3BC1CF #CF3B77 #CF933B

monochromatic

#1C6B73 #2899A5 #3BC1CF #6CD1DB #9DE0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#3BC1CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#3BC1CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC1CF

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC1CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC1CF	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc1cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 193, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.113 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d4dd',
    500: '#3bc1cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc1cf;
$custom-light: #86d4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc1cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.676,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74629,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC1CF

secondary

#D39993

accent

#5344E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC1CF

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

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