#3BC8CE#3BC8CE

#3BC8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.116 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC8CE
RGB	rgb(59, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -34.38, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 37.04, 201.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.1096 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.116 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5935, 46.6906, 65.6222)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC8CE #CE413B

analogous

#3BCE8B #3BC8CE #3B7FCE

triadic

#3BC8CE #CE3BC8 #C8CE3B

tetradic

#3BC8CE #8B3BCE #CE413B #7FCE3B

square

#3BC8CE #8B3BCE #CE413B #7FCE3B

split-complementary

#3BC8CE #CE3B7F #CE8B3B

monochromatic

#1D6F72 #299EA3 #3BC8CE #6CD6DA #9DE3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#3BC8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#3BC8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC8CE

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC8CE	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.116 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9dc',
    500: '#3bc8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc8ce;
$custom-light: #87d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.449,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76278,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC8CE

secondary

#D39592

accent

#4B45E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC8CE

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

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