#3BC4D9#3BC4D9

#3BC4D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4D9
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 217)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 9.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -29.18, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 35.95, 215.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.1011 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.117 210)
XYZ	xyz(34.0625, 45.4154, 72.6030)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4D9 #D9503B

analogous

#3BD99F #3BC4D9 #3B75D9

triadic

#3BC4D9 #D93BC4 #C4D93B

tetradic

#3BC4D9 #9F3BD9 #D9503B #75D93B

square

#3BC4D9 #9F3BD9 #D9503B #75D93B

split-complementary

#3BC4D9 #D93B75 #D99F3B

monochromatic

#197381 #23A1B4 #3BC4D9 #6ED3E3 #A2E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#3BC4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#3BC4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4D9

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4D9	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6e4',
    500: '#3bc4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4d9;
$custom-light: #88d6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.975,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75728,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.45419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4D9

secondary

#DA9F96

accent

#543DEA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4D9

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

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