#3BCBD5#3BCBD5

#3BCBD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.118 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCBD5
RGB	rgb(59, 203, 213)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -33.74, -15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 37.30, 205.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.1096 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.118 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1645, 48.4416, 70.4348)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCBD5 #D5453B

analogous

#3BD592 #3BCBD5 #3B7ED5

triadic

#3BCBD5 #D53BCB #CBD53B

tetradic

#3BCBD5 #923BD5 #D5453B #7ED53B

square

#3BCBD5 #923BD5 #D5453B #7ED53B

split-complementary

#3BCBD5 #D53B7E #D5923B

monochromatic

#1A757B #25A5AE #3BCBD5 #6DD8E0 #A0E6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#3BCBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#3BCBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCBD5

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCBD5	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)

#BBC2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 203, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.118 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dbe1',
    500: '#3bcbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcbd5;
$custom-light: #88dbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.896,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77251,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCBD5

secondary

#D79995

accent

#4B40E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCBD5

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

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