#3BC6CE#3BC6CE

#3BC6CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC6CE
RGB	rgb(59, 198, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -33.43, -14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 36.51, 203.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.1076 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.115 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1333, 45.7703, 65.4689)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC6CE #CE433B

analogous

#3BCE8C #3BC6CE #3B7DCE

triadic

#3BC6CE #CE3BC6 #C6CE3B

tetradic

#3BC6CE #8C3BCE #CE433B #7DCE3B

square

#3BC6CE #8C3BCE #CE433B #7DCE3B

split-complementary

#3BC6CE #CE3B7D #CE8C3B

monochromatic

#1D6D72 #299CA3 #3BC6CE #6CD4DA #9DE2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#3BC6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#3BC6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC6CE

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC6CE	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 198, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7dd',
    500: '#3bc6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc6ce;
$custom-light: #87d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.265,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75796,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC6CE

secondary

#D39692

accent

#4D45E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC6CE

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

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