#3BC5D0#3BC5D0

#3BC5D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.115 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5D0
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 208)
HSL	hsl(184, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -32.37, -16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 36.16, 206.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.1058 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.115 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1500, 45.4125, 66.6806)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5D0 #D0463B

analogous

#3BD091 #3BC5D0 #3B7AD0

triadic

#3BC5D0 #D03BC5 #C5D03B

tetradic

#3BC5D0 #913BD0 #D0463B #7AD03B

square

#3BC5D0 #913BD0 #D0463B #7AD03B

split-complementary

#3BC5D0 #D03B7A #D0913B

monochromatic

#1C6E75 #289DA6 #3BC5D0 #6CD4DC #9EE2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#3BC5D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#3BC5D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5D0

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5D0	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)

#B6BDD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ADD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.115 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7de',
    500: '#3bc5d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5d0;
$custom-light: #87d7de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.43,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75628,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5D0

secondary

#D49893

accent

#4F43E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5D0

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

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