#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
RGBrgb(59, 202, 213)
HSLhsl(184, 65%, 53%)
HSVhsv(184, 72%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 5.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.81, -33.27, -16.34)
CIE-LCHlch(74.81, 37.06, 206.16°)
OKLaboklab(77.01% -0.1086 -0.0454)
OKLCHoklch(77.01% 0.118 202.7)
XYZxyz(34.9291, 47.9708, 70.3563)
Luminance0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##3BCAD51.001.9810.6010.60
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6021.001.001.00
##00000010.6021.001.001.00

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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#3BCAD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva