#3BC5DA#3BC5DA

#3BC5DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.117 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5DA
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 218)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -29.36, -21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 36.12, 215.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.1017 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.117 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4193, 45.9202, 73.3655)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5DA #DA503B

analogous

#3BDAA0 #3BC5DA #3B75DA

triadic

#3BC5DA #DA3BC5 #C5DA3B

tetradic

#3BC5DA #A03BDA #DA503B #75DA3B

square

#3BC5DA #A03BDA #DA503B #75DA3B

split-complementary

#3BC5DA #DA3B75 #DAA03B

monochromatic

#197482 #22A2B6 #3BC5DA #6ED4E4 #A2E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#3BC5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#3BC5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5DA

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5DA	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.117 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7e5',
    500: '#3bc5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5da;
$custom-light: #88d7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.925,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76005,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5DA

secondary

#DAA097

accent

#543DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5DA

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

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