#3BCAD6#3BCAD6

#3BCAD6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.118 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BCAD6
RGBrgb(59, 202, 214)
HSLhsl(185, 65%, 54%)
HSVhsv(185, 72%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 5.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(74.84, -32.97, -16.84)
CIE-LCHlch(74.84, 37.02, 207.05°)
OKLaboklab(77.05% -0.1082 -0.0468)
OKLCHoklch(77.05% 0.118 203.4)
XYZxyz(35.0564, 48.0217, 71.0268)
Luminance0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BCAD6 #D6473B
analogous
#3BD694 #3BCAD6 #3B7CD6
triadic
#3BCAD6 #D63BCA #CAD63B
tetradic
#3BCAD6 #943BD6 #D6473B #7CD63B
square
#3BCAD6 #943BD6 #D6473B #7CD63B
split-complementary
#3BCAD6 #D63B7C #D6943B
monochromatic
#1A757D #25A4AF #3BCAD6 #6ED8E1 #A0E5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#3BCAD6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61
#3BCAD6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCAD6
10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BCAD6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BCAD61.001.9810.6110.61
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6121.001.001.00
##00000010.6121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAC1D7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4B1D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D2CD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3bcad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 202, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.118 203.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dae2',
    500: '#3bcad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3bcad6;
$custom-light: #88dae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3bcad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.645,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77048,
    "c": 0.11785,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BCAD6
secondary
#D89A95
accent
#4D3FE8
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FBFB
border
#CBD4D4
text
#0D1515
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCAD6

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#3BCAD6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva