#3BCAD0#3BCAD0

#3BCAD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.117 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCAD0
RGB	rgb(59, 202, 208)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 2.9%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -34.73, -13.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 37.40, 201.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.1107 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.117 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3042, 47.7209, 67.0654)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCAD0 #D0413B

analogous

#3BD08B #3BCAD0 #3B80D0

triadic

#3BCAD0 #D03BCA #CAD03B

tetradic

#3BCAD0 #8B3BD0 #D0413B #80D03B

square

#3BCAD0 #8B3BD0 #D0413B #80D03B

split-complementary

#3BCAD0 #D03B80 #D08B3B

monochromatic

#1C7175 #28A1A6 #3BCAD0 #6CD7DC #9EE5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#3BCAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#3BCAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCAD0

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCAD0	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B1D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 202, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.117 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dade',
    500: '#3bcad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcad0;
$custom-light: #87dade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.416,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76831,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCAD0

secondary

#D49693

accent

#4A43E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCAD0

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

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