#3BC4D0#3BC4D0

#3BC4D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.114 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4D0
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 208)
HSL	hsl(185, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 5.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -31.89, -16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 35.93, 207.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.1048 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.114 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9237, 44.9598, 66.6052)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4D0 #D0473B

analogous

#3BD091 #3BC4D0 #3B7AD0

triadic

#3BC4D0 #D03BC4 #C4D03B

tetradic

#3BC4D0 #913BD0 #D0473B #7AD03B

square

#3BC4D0 #913BD0 #D0473B #7AD03B

split-complementary

#3BC4D0 #D03B7A #D0913B

monochromatic

#1C6D75 #289CA6 #3BC4D0 #6CD3DC #9EE2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#3BC4D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#3BC4D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4D0

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4D0	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BCD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.114 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d6de',
    500: '#3bc4d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4d0;
$custom-light: #87d6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.832,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75387,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4D0

secondary

#D49893

accent

#5043E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4D0

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

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