#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
RGBrgb(59, 201, 213)
HSLhsl(185, 65%, 53%)
HSVhsv(185, 72%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 5.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.51, -32.79, -16.79)
CIE-LCHlch(74.51, 36.84, 207.11°)
OKLaboklab(76.77% -0.1076 -0.0466)
OKLCHoklch(76.77% 0.117 203.4)
XYZxyz(34.6952, 47.5031, 70.2783)
Luminance0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##3BC9D51.002.0010.5010.50
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5021.001.001.00
##00000010.5021.001.001.00

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

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#3BC9D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva