#3BC8D4#3BC8D4

#3BC8D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.117 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC8D4
RGB	rgb(59, 200, 212)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 5.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -32.61, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 36.66, 207.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.1071 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.117 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3363, 46.9877, 69.5345)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC8D4 #D4473B

analogous

#3BD493 #3BC8D4 #3B7BD4

triadic

#3BC8D4 #D43BC8 #C8D43B

tetradic

#3BC8D4 #933BD4 #D4473B #7BD43B

square

#3BC8D4 #933BD4 #D4473B #7BD43B

split-complementary

#3BC8D4 #D43B7B #D4933B

monochromatic

#1B727A #26A2AC #3BC8D4 #6DD6DF #9FE4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#3BC8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#3BC8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC8D4

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC8D4	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 200, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.117 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9e1',
    500: '#3bc8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc8d4;
$custom-light: #87d9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.706,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76495,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC8D4

secondary

#D69A94

accent

#4E41E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC8D4

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

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