#3BC4DE#3BC4DE

#3BC4DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.119 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC4DE
RGB	rgb(59, 196, 222)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -27.64, -23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 36.24, 220.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0991 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.119 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7227, 45.6794, 76.0801)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC4DE #DE553B

analogous

#3BDEA7 #3BC4DE #3B72DE

triadic

#3BC4DE #DE3BC4 #C4DE3B

tetradic

#3BC4DE #A73BDE #DE553B #72DE3B

square

#3BC4DE #A73BDE #DE553B #72DE3B

split-complementary

#3BC4DE #DE3B72 #DEA73B

monochromatic

#177688 #20A3BC #3BC4DE #6FD4E7 #A4E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#3BC4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#3BC4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC4DE

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC4DE	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 196, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.119 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d6e8',
    500: '#3bc4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc4de;
$custom-light: #88d6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.571,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75924,
    "c": 0.11874,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC4DE

secondary

#DDA398

accent

#573AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC4DE

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

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