#3BC5D9#3BC5D9

#3BC5D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.117 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5D9
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 217)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 9.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -29.66, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 36.09, 214.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.1021 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.117 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2888, 45.8680, 72.6784)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5D9 #D94F3B

analogous

#3BD99E #3BC5D9 #3B76D9

triadic

#3BC5D9 #D93BC5 #C5D93B

tetradic

#3BC5D9 #9E3BD9 #D94F3B #76D93B

square

#3BC5D9 #9E3BD9 #D94F3B #76D93B

split-complementary

#3BC5D9 #D93B76 #D99E3B

monochromatic

#197481 #23A2B4 #3BC5D9 #6ED4E3 #A2E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#3BC5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#3BC5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5D9

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5D9	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.117 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7e4',
    500: '#3bc5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5d9;
$custom-light: #88d7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.595,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75966,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5D9

secondary

#DA9F96

accent

#533DEA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5D9

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

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