#3BC5D3#3BC5D3

#3BC5D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.115 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5D3
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 211)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 6.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -31.47, -17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 36.06, 209.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.1046 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.115 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5226, 45.5615, 68.6429)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5D3 #D3493B

analogous

#3BD395 #3BC5D3 #3B79D3

triadic

#3BC5D3 #D33BC5 #C5D33B

tetradic

#3BC5D3 #953BD3 #D3493B #79D33B

square

#3BC5D3 #953BD3 #D3493B #79D33B

split-complementary

#3BC5D3 #D33B79 #D3953B

monochromatic

#1B7079 #269EAB #3BC5D3 #6DD4DE #9FE3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#3BC5D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#3BC5D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5D3

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5D3	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BDD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FADD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.115 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7e0',
    500: '#3bc5d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5d3;
$custom-light: #87d7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.526,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75739,
    "c": 0.11542,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5D3

secondary

#D69A94

accent

#5141E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5D3

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

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