#3BC9DE#3BC9DE

#3BC9DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.120 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9DE
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 222)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -30.09, -21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 36.81, 215.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.1039 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.12 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8694, 47.9727, 76.4623)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9DE #DE503B

analogous

#3BDEA1 #3BC9DE #3B78DE

triadic

#3BC9DE #DE3BC9 #C9DE3B

tetradic

#3BC9DE #A13BDE #DE503B #78DE3B

square

#3BC9DE #A13BDE #DE503B #78DE3B

split-complementary

#3BC9DE #DE3B78 #DEA13B

monochromatic

#177988 #20A8BC #3BC9DE #6FD7E7 #A4E6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#3BC9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#3BC9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9DE

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9DE	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.120 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9e8',
    500: '#3bc9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9de;
$custom-light: #89d9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.73,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7711,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9DE

secondary

#DDA198

accent

#513AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9DE

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

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