#3BC3DE#3BC3DE

#3BC3DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.119 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC3DE
RGB	rgb(59, 195, 222)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -27.15, -23.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 36.16, 221.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0982 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.119 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4979, 45.2298, 76.0051)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC3DE #DE563B

analogous

#3BDEA8 #3BC3DE #3B71DE

triadic

#3BC3DE #DE3BC3 #C3DE3B

tetradic

#3BC3DE #A83BDE #DE563B #71DE3B

square

#3BC3DE #A83BDE #DE563B #71DE3B

split-complementary

#3BC3DE #DE3B71 #DEA83B

monochromatic

#177588 #20A2BC #3BC3DE #6FD3E7 #A4E3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#3BC3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#3BC3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC3DE

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC3DE	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 195, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.119 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5e8',
    500: '#3bc3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc3de;
$custom-light: #88d5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.939,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75687,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC3DE

secondary

#DDA498

accent

#583AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC3DE

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

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