#3BC9CA#3BC9CA

#3BC9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.117 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9CA
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -36.00, -11.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 37.75, 197.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.1123 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.117 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3461, 46.9634, 63.1731)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9CA #CA3C3B

analogous

#3BCA83 #3BC9CA #3B81CA

triadic

#3BC9CA #CA3BC9 #C9CA3B

tetradic

#3BC9CA #833BCA #CA3C3B #81CA3B

square

#3BC9CA #833BCA #CA3C3B #81CA3B

split-complementary

#3BC9CA #CA3B81 #CA833B

monochromatic

#1E6D6D #2B9C9D #3BC9CA #6BD6D7 #9BE4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#3BC9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#3BC9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9CA

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9CA	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.117 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dada',
    500: '#3bc9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9ca;
$custom-light: #87dada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.42,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76379,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9CA

secondary

#D09191

accent

#4847E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9CA

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

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