#3BC6D4#3BC6D4

#3BC6D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.116 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BC6D4
RGBrgb(59, 198, 212)
HSLhsl(185, 64%, 53%)
HSVhsv(185, 72%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(72.2%, 6.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(73.59, -31.66, -17.64)
CIE-LCHlch(73.59, 36.24, 209.13°)
OKLaboklab(76.02% -0.1051 -0.049)
OKLCHoklch(76.02% 0.116 205)
XYZxyz(33.8762, 46.0674, 69.3811)
Luminance0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BC6D4 #D4493B
analogous
#3BD495 #3BC6D4 #3B79D4
triadic
#3BC6D4 #D43BC6 #C6D43B
tetradic
#3BC6D4 #953BD4 #D4493B #79D43B
square
#3BC6D4 #953BD4 #D4493B #79D43B
split-complementary
#3BC6D4 #D43B79 #D4953B
monochromatic
#1B717A #26A0AC #3BC6D4 #6DD5DF #9FE3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06
#3BC6D4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21
#3BC6D4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC6D4
10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BC6D4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BC6D41.002.0610.2110.21
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2121.001.001.00
##00000010.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6BED5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0AED4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CECA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3bc6d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 198, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.116 205.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7e1',
    500: '#3bc6d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3bc6d4;
$custom-light: #87d7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3bc6d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.49,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76016,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.46071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BC6D4
secondary
#D69A94
accent
#5041E7
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFB
border
#CBD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC6D4

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#3BC6D4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva