#3BC5D5#3BC5D5

#3BC5D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.116 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5D5
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 213)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 7.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -30.87, -18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 36.03, 211.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.1037 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.116 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7749, 45.6624, 69.9716)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5D5 #D54B3B

analogous

#3BD598 #3BC5D5 #3B78D5

triadic

#3BC5D5 #D53BC5 #C5D53B

tetradic

#3BC5D5 #983BD5 #D54B3B #78D53B

square

#3BC5D5 #983BD5 #D54B3B #78D53B

split-complementary

#3BC5D5 #D53B78 #D5983B

monochromatic

#1A717B #259FAE #3BC5D5 #6DD4E0 #A0E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#3BC5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#3BC5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5D5

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5D5	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BDD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FADD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.116 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7e2',
    500: '#3bc5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5d5;
$custom-light: #87d7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.234,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75814,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5D5

secondary

#D79C95

accent

#5240E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5D5

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

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