#3BC8DE#3BC8DE

#3BC8DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.119 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC8DE
RGB	rgb(59, 200, 222)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -29.60, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 36.67, 216.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.103 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.119 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6370, 47.5080, 76.3848)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC8DE #DE513B

analogous

#3BDEA2 #3BC8DE #3B77DE

triadic

#3BC8DE #DE3BC8 #C8DE3B

tetradic

#3BC8DE #A23BDE #DE513B #77DE3B

square

#3BC8DE #A23BDE #DE513B #77DE3B

split-complementary

#3BC8DE #DE3B77 #DEA23B

monochromatic

#177988 #20A7BC #3BC8DE #6FD7E7 #A4E5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#3BC8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#3BC8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC8DE

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC8DE	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 200, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.119 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9e8',
    500: '#3bc8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc8de;
$custom-light: #89d9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.098,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76873,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC8DE

secondary

#DDA198

accent

#523AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC8DE

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

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