#3BC8CF#3BC8CF

#3BC8CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.116 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC8CF
RGB	rgb(59, 200, 207)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 3.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -34.09, -14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 36.95, 202.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.1092 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.116 200)
XYZ	xyz(33.7154, 46.7394, 66.2641)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC8CF #CF423B

analogous

#3BCF8C #3BC8CF #3B7ECF

triadic

#3BC8CF #CF3BC8 #C8CF3B

tetradic

#3BC8CF #8C3BCF #CF423B #7ECF3B

square

#3BC8CF #8C3BCF #CF423B #7ECF3B

split-complementary

#3BC8CF #CF3B7E #CF8C3B

monochromatic

#1C6F73 #289FA5 #3BC8CF #6CD6DB #9DE4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#3BC8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#3BC8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC8CF

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC8CF	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 200, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.116 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9dd',
    500: '#3bc8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc8cf;
$custom-light: #87d9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.838,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76313,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.46743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC8CF

secondary

#D39693

accent

#4C44E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC8CF

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

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