#3BC5D2#3BC5D2

#3BC5D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.115 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5D2
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 210)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 6.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -31.77, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 36.08, 208.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.105 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.115 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3976, 45.5115, 67.9847)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5D2 #D2483B

analogous

#3BD294 #3BC5D2 #3B79D2

triadic

#3BC5D2 #D23BC5 #C5D23B

tetradic

#3BC5D2 #943BD2 #D2483B #79D23B

square

#3BC5D2 #943BD2 #D2483B #79D23B

split-complementary

#3BC5D2 #D23B79 #D2943B

monochromatic

#1B6F77 #279EA9 #3BC5D2 #6DD4DD #9FE2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#3BC5D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#3BC5D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5D2

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5D2	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BDD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ADD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.115 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7df',
    500: '#3bc5d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5d2;
$custom-light: #87d7df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.166,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75702,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5D2

secondary

#D59994

accent

#5042E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5D2

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

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