#3BC9D3#3BC9D3

#3BC9D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.117 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9D3
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 211)
HSL	hsl(184, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 4.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -33.38, -15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 36.94, 205.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.1085 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.117 202)
XYZ	xyz(34.4429, 47.4021, 68.9496)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9D3 #D3453B

analogous

#3BD391 #3BC9D3 #3B7DD3

triadic

#3BC9D3 #D33BC9 #C9D33B

tetradic

#3BC9D3 #913BD3 #D3453B #7DD33B

square

#3BC9D3 #913BD3 #D3453B #7DD33B

split-complementary

#3BC9D3 #D33B7D #D3913B

monochromatic

#1B7279 #26A2AB #3BC9D3 #6DD7DE #9FE5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#3BC9D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#3BC9D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9D3

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9D3	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B0D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.117 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dae0',
    500: '#3bc9d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9d3;
$custom-light: #87dae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.947,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76698,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.47406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9D3

secondary

#D69894

accent

#4C41E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9D3

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

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