#3BCAD4#3BCAD4

#3BCAD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.118 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCAD4
RGB	rgb(59, 202, 212)
HSL	hsl(184, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -33.56, -15.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 37.12, 205.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.109 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.118 202)
XYZ	xyz(34.8025, 47.9202, 69.6899)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCAD4 #D4453B

analogous

#3BD492 #3BCAD4 #3B7DD4

triadic

#3BCAD4 #D43BCA #CAD43B

tetradic

#3BCAD4 #923BD4 #D4453B #7DD43B

square

#3BCAD4 #923BD4 #D4453B #7DD43B

split-complementary

#3BCAD4 #D43B7D #D4923B

monochromatic

#1B747A #26A3AC #3BCAD4 #6DD8DF #9FE5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#3BCAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#3BCAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCAD4

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCAD4	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 202, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.118 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dae1',
    500: '#3bcad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcad4;
$custom-light: #88dae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.922,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76975,
    "c": 0.11756,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.47924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCAD4

secondary

#D69994

accent

#4C41E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCAD4

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

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