#3BC9D2#3BC9D2

#3BC9D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.117 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9D2
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 210)
HSL	hsl(184, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -33.68, -15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 37.00, 204.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.1089 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.117 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3180, 47.3522, 68.2915)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9D2 #D2443B

analogous

#3BD28F #3BC9D2 #3B7ED2

triadic

#3BC9D2 #D23BC9 #C9D23B

tetradic

#3BC9D2 #8F3BD2 #D2443B #7ED23B

square

#3BC9D2 #8F3BD2 #D2443B #7ED23B

split-complementary

#3BC9D2 #D23B7E #D28F3B

monochromatic

#1B7277 #27A1A9 #3BC9D2 #6DD7DD #9FE4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#3BC9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#3BC9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9D2

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9D2	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.117 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dadf',
    500: '#3bc9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9d2;
$custom-light: #87dadf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.576,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76662,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9D2

secondary

#D59894

accent

#4C42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9D2

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

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