#3BC9E2#3BC9E2

#3BC9E2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.121 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC9E2
RGB	rgb(59, 201, 226)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 11.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -28.86, -23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 37.01, 218.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.1023 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.121 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4118, 48.1897, 79.3193)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC9E2 #E2543B

analogous

#3BE2A7 #3BC9E2 #3B75E2

triadic

#3BC9E2 #E23BC9 #C9E23B

tetradic

#3BC9E2 #A73BE2 #E2543B #75E23B

square

#3BC9E2 #A73BE2 #E2543B #75E23B

split-complementary

#3BC9E2 #E23B75 #E2A73B

monochromatic

#157C8E #1DAAC3 #3BC9E2 #70D8EA #A6E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#3BC9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#3BC9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC9E2

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC9E2	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 201, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.121 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9eb',
    500: '#3bc9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc9e2;
$custom-light: #89d9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.982,
    "s": 74.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77266,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC9E2

secondary

#DFA49A

accent

#5337F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC9E2

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

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