#3BCBCD#3BCBCD

#3BCBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.118 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCBCD
RGB	rgb(59, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -36.07, -11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 38.00, 198.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.1129 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.118 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1740, 48.0454, 65.2184)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCBCD #CD3D3B

analogous

#3BCD86 #3BCBCD #3B82CD

triadic

#3BCBCD #CD3BCB #CBCD3B

tetradic

#3BCBCD #863BCD #CD3D3B #82CD3B

square

#3BCBCD #863BCD #CD3D3B #82CD3B

split-complementary

#3BCBCD #CD3B82 #CD863B

monochromatic

#1D7071 #29A0A2 #3BCBCD #6CD8D9 #9DE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#3BCBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#3BCBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCBCD

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCBCD	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.118 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbdc',
    500: '#3bcbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcbcd;
$custom-light: #87dbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.822,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76966,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCBCD

secondary

#D29392

accent

#4745E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCBCD

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

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