#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
RGB	rgb(59, 198, 212)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 6.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -31.66, -17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 36.24, 209.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.1051 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.116 205)
XYZ	xyz(33.8762, 46.0674, 69.3811)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##3BC6D4	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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