#3BC8D5#3BC8D5

#3BC8D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.117 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC8D5
RGB	rgb(59, 200, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -32.32, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 36.62, 208.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.1066 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.117 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4629, 47.0384, 70.2009)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC8D5 #D5483B

analogous

#3BD595 #3BC8D5 #3B7BD5

triadic

#3BC8D5 #D53BC8 #C8D53B

tetradic

#3BC8D5 #953BD5 #D5483B #7BD53B

square

#3BC8D5 #953BD5 #D5483B #7BD53B

split-complementary

#3BC8D5 #D53B7B #D5953B

monochromatic

#1A737B #25A2AE #3BC8D5 #6DD6E0 #A0E4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#3BC8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#3BC8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC8D5

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC8D5	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 200, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.117 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9e1',
    500: '#3bc8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc8d5;
$custom-light: #88d9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.065,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76532,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC8D5

secondary

#D79A95

accent

#4E40E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC8D5

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

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