#3BC9D1#3BC9D1

#3BC9D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.117 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9D1
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 209)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -33.97, -14.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 37.06, 203.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.1093 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.117 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1938, 47.3025, 67.6374)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9D1 #D1433B

analogous

#3BD18E #3BC9D1 #3B7ED1

triadic

#3BC9D1 #D13BC9 #C9D13B

tetradic

#3BC9D1 #8E3BD1 #D1433B #7ED13B

square

#3BC9D1 #8E3BD1 #D1433B #7ED13B

split-complementary

#3BC9D1 #D13B7E #D18E3B

monochromatic

#1C7176 #27A1A7 #3BC9D1 #6DD7DD #9EE4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#3BC9D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#3BC9D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9D1

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9D1	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B0D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.117 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dadf',
    500: '#3bc9d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9d1;
$custom-light: #87dadf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.2,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76626,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9D1

secondary

#D49793

accent

#4B43E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9D1

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

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