#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
RGBrgb(59, 197, 213)
HSLhsl(186, 65%, 53%)
HSVhsv(186, 72%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 7.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(73.33, -30.87, -18.58)
CIE-LCHlch(73.33, 36.03, 211.04°)
OKLaboklab(75.81% -0.1037 -0.0516)
OKLCHoklch(75.81% 0.116 206.5)
XYZxyz(33.7749, 45.6624, 69.9716)
Luminance0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##3BC5D51.002.0710.1310.13
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1321.001.001.00
##00000010.1321.001.001.00

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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#3BC5D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva