#3BCAD5#3BCAD5

#3BCAD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.118 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCAD5
RGB	rgb(59, 202, 213)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 5.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -33.27, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 37.06, 206.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.1086 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.118 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9291, 47.9708, 70.3563)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCAD5 #D5463B

analogous

#3BD593 #3BCAD5 #3B7DD5

triadic

#3BCAD5 #D53BCA #CAD53B

tetradic

#3BCAD5 #933BD5 #D5463B #7DD53B

square

#3BCAD5 #933BD5 #D5463B #7DD53B

split-complementary

#3BCAD5 #D53B7D #D5933B

monochromatic

#1A747B #25A4AE #3BCAD5 #6DD8E0 #A0E5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#3BCAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#3BCAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCAD5

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCAD5	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)

#BAC1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 202, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.118 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dae1',
    500: '#3bcad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcad5;
$custom-light: #88dae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77011,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCAD5

secondary

#D79A95

accent

#4C40E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCAD5

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

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