#3BC9D4#3BC9D4

#3BC9D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.117 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9D4
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 212)
HSL	hsl(184, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 5.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -33.09, -16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 36.88, 206.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.108 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.117 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5687, 47.4524, 69.6119)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9D4 #D4463B

analogous

#3BD493 #3BC9D4 #3B7CD4

triadic

#3BC9D4 #D43BC9 #C9D43B

tetradic

#3BC9D4 #933BD4 #D4463B #7CD43B

square

#3BC9D4 #933BD4 #D4463B #7CD43B

split-complementary

#3BC9D4 #D43B7C #D4933B

monochromatic

#1B737A #26A2AC #3BC9D4 #6DD7DF #9FE5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#3BC9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#3BC9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9D4

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9D4	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.117 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dae1',
    500: '#3bc9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9d4;
$custom-light: #88dae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.314,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76735,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9D4

secondary

#D69994

accent

#4D41E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9D4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →