#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
RGBrgb(59, 197, 222)
HSLhsl(189, 71%, 55%)
HSVhsv(189, 73%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(73.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(73.63, -28.13, -23.00)
CIE-LCHlch(73.63, 36.34, 219.26°)
OKLaboklab(76.16% -0.1001 -0.0641)
OKLCHoklch(76.16% 0.119 212.6)
XYZxyz(34.9490, 46.1321, 76.1555)
Luminance0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##3BC5DE1.002.0510.2310.23
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2321.001.001.00
##00000010.2321.001.001.00

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

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#3BC5DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva