#3BC9D6#3BC9D6

#3BC9D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.117 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9D6
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 214)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -32.49, -17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 36.80, 208.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.1072 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.117 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8225, 47.5540, 70.9489)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9D6 #D6483B

analogous

#3BD695 #3BC9D6 #3B7BD6

triadic

#3BC9D6 #D63BC9 #C9D63B

tetradic

#3BC9D6 #953BD6 #D6483B #7BD63B

square

#3BC9D6 #953BD6 #D6483B #7BD63B

split-complementary

#3BC9D6 #D63B7B #D6953B

monochromatic

#1A747D #25A4AF #3BC9D6 #6ED7E1 #A0E5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#3BC9D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#3BC9D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9D6

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9D6	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.117 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dae2',
    500: '#3bc9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9d6;
$custom-light: #88dae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.032,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76808,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9D6

secondary

#D89B95

accent

#4E3FE8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9D6

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

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