#3BC9D0#3BC9D0

#3BC9D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.117 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9D0
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 208)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 3.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -34.26, -14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 37.14, 202.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.1097 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.117 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0704, 47.2531, 66.9874)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9D0 #D0423B

analogous

#3BD08D #3BC9D0 #3B7ED0

triadic

#3BC9D0 #D03BC9 #C9D03B

tetradic

#3BC9D0 #8D3BD0 #D0423B #7ED03B

square

#3BC9D0 #8D3BD0 #D0423B #7ED03B

split-complementary

#3BC9D0 #D03B7E #D08D3B

monochromatic

#1C7075 #28A0A6 #3BC9D0 #6CD7DC #9EE4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#3BC9D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#3BC9D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9D0

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9D0	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.117 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dade',
    500: '#3bc9d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9d0;
$custom-light: #87dade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.819,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7659,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9D0

secondary

#D49693

accent

#4B43E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9D0

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

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