#3BC6D9#3BC6D9

#3BC6D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.117 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC6D9
RGB	rgb(59, 198, 217)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 8.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -30.15, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 36.24, 213.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.1031 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.117 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5167, 46.3236, 72.7544)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC6D9 #D94E3B

analogous

#3BD99D #3BC6D9 #3B77D9

triadic

#3BC6D9 #D93BC6 #C6D93B

tetradic

#3BC6D9 #9D3BD9 #D94E3B #77D93B

square

#3BC6D9 #9D3BD9 #D94E3B #77D93B

split-complementary

#3BC6D9 #D93B77 #D99D3B

monochromatic

#197481 #23A2B4 #3BC6D9 #6ED5E3 #A2E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#3BC6D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#3BC6D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC6D9

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC6D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC6D9	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc6d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 198, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.117 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7e4',
    500: '#3bc6d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc6d9;
$custom-light: #88d7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc6d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.215,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76205,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC6D9

secondary

#DA9E96

accent

#523DEA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC6D9

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

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