#3BCAE2#3BCAE2

#3BCAE2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.121 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCAE2
RGB	rgb(59, 202, 226)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -29.35, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 37.11, 217.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.1033 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.121 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6457, 48.6574, 79.3972)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCAE2 #E2533B

analogous

#3BE2A6 #3BCAE2 #3B76E2

triadic

#3BCAE2 #E23BCA #CAE23B

tetradic

#3BCAE2 #A63BE2 #E2533B #76E23B

square

#3BCAE2 #A63BE2 #E2533B #76E23B

split-complementary

#3BCAE2 #E23B76 #E2A63B

monochromatic

#157C8E #1DABC3 #3BCAE2 #70D8EA #A6E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#3BCAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#3BCAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCAE2

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCAE2	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 202, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.121 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89daeb',
    500: '#3bcae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcae2;
$custom-light: #89daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.623,
    "s": 74.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77502,
    "c": 0.12113,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCAE2

secondary

#DFA49A

accent

#5237F1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFD

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCAE2

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

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