#3BC4D5#3BC4D5

#3BC4D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.116 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4D5
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 213)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -30.39, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 35.86, 212.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.1028 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.116 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5486, 45.2098, 69.8961)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4D5 #D54C3B

analogous

#3BD599 #3BC4D5 #3B77D5

triadic

#3BC4D5 #D53BC4 #C4D53B

tetradic

#3BC4D5 #993BD5 #D54C3B #77D53B

square

#3BC4D5 #993BD5 #D54C3B #77D53B

split-complementary

#3BC4D5 #D53B77 #D5993B

monochromatic

#1A717B #259FAE #3BC4D5 #6DD3E0 #A0E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#3BC4D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#3BC4D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4D5

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4D5	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BCD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DACD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.116 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d6e2',
    500: '#3bc4d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4d5;
$custom-light: #87d6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.623,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75575,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4D5

secondary

#D79C95

accent

#5340E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4D5

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

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