#3BC5DE#3BC5DE

#3BC5DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.119 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC5DE
RGB	rgb(59, 197, 222)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -28.13, -23.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 36.34, 219.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.1001 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.119 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9490, 46.1321, 76.1555)
Luminance	0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC5DE #DE543B

analogous

#3BDEA5 #3BC5DE #3B74DE

triadic

#3BC5DE #DE3BC5 #C5DE3B

tetradic

#3BC5DE #A53BDE #DE543B #74DE3B

square

#3BC5DE #A53BDE #DE543B #74DE3B

split-complementary

#3BC5DE #DE3B74 #DEA53B

monochromatic

#177688 #20A4BC #3BC5DE #6FD5E7 #A4E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#3BC5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#3BC5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC5DE

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC5DE	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 197, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.119 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7e8',
    500: '#3bc5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc5de;
$custom-light: #88d7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.202,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76161,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC5DE

secondary

#DDA398

accent

#553AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC5DE

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

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