#3BCADE#3BCADE

#3BCADE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.120 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCADE
RGB	rgb(59, 202, 222)
HSL	hsl(187, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -30.57, -20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 36.95, 214.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.1049 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.12 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1032, 48.4405, 76.5402)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCADE #DE4F3B

analogous

#3BDEA1 #3BCADE #3B78DE

triadic

#3BCADE #DE3BCA #CADE3B

tetradic

#3BCADE #A13BDE #DE4F3B #78DE3B

square

#3BCADE #A13BDE #DE4F3B #78DE3B

split-complementary

#3BCADE #DE3B78 #DEA13B

monochromatic

#177A88 #20A9BC #3BCADE #6FD8E7 #A4E6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#3BCADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#3BCADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCADE

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCADE	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 202, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.120 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dae8',
    500: '#3bcade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcade;
$custom-light: #89dae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.362,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77348,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCADE

secondary

#DDA198

accent

#503AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCADE

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

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