#3BC9D5#3BC9D5

#3BC9D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.117 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9D5
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 5.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -32.79, -16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 36.84, 207.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.1076 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.117 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6952, 47.5031, 70.2783)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9D5 #D5473B

analogous

#3BD594 #3BC9D5 #3B7CD5

triadic

#3BC9D5 #D53BC9 #C9D53B

tetradic

#3BC9D5 #943BD5 #D5473B #7CD53B

square

#3BC9D5 #943BD5 #D5473B #7CD53B

split-complementary

#3BC9D5 #D53B7C #D5943B

monochromatic

#1A747B #25A3AE #3BC9D5 #6DD7E0 #A0E5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#3BC9D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#3BC9D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9D5

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9D5	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.117 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dae1',
    500: '#3bc9d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9d5;
$custom-light: #88dae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.675,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76772,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9D5

secondary

#D79A95

accent

#4D40E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9D5

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

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