#3BC6DE#3BC6DE

#3BC6DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.119 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC6DE
RGB	rgb(59, 198, 222)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 10.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -28.62, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 36.44, 218.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.1011 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.119 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1769, 46.5877, 76.2314)
Luminance	0.4659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC6DE #DE533B

analogous

#3BDEA4 #3BC6DE #3B75DE

triadic

#3BC6DE #DE3BC6 #C6DE3B

tetradic

#3BC6DE #A43BDE #DE533B #75DE3B

square

#3BC6DE #A43BDE #DE533B #75DE3B

split-complementary

#3BC6DE #DE3B75 #DEA43B

monochromatic

#177788 #20A5BC #3BC6DE #6FD5E7 #A4E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#3BC6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#3BC6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC6DE

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC6DE	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 198, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.119 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d7e8',
    500: '#3bc6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc6de;
$custom-light: #88d7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.834,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76398,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC6DE

secondary

#DDA298

accent

#543AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC6DE

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

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