#3BC9E0#3BC9E0

#3BC9E0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.120 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9E0
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 224)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -29.48, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 36.89, 216.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.1031 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.12 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1390, 48.0806, 77.8824)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9E0 #E0523B

analogous

#3BE0A5 #3BC9E0 #3B76E0

triadic

#3BC9E0 #E03BC9 #C9E03B

tetradic

#3BC9E0 #A53BE0 #E0523B #76E03B

square

#3BC9E0 #A53BE0 #E0523B #76E03B

split-complementary

#3BC9E0 #E03B76 #E0A53B

monochromatic

#167A8B #1EA9C0 #3BC9E0 #70D8E8 #A5E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#3BC9E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#3BC9E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9E0

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9E0	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.120 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9e9',
    500: '#3bc9e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9e0;
$custom-light: #89d9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.364,
    "s": 72.687,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77188,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9E0

secondary

#DEA399

accent

#5238EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9E0

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

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