#3BCDC4#3BCDC4

#3BCDC4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.120 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCDC4
RGB	rgb(59, 205, 196)
HSL	hsl(176, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 4.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -39.52, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 40.07, 189.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.1188 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.12 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5941, 48.5740, 59.8190)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCDC4 #CD3B44

analogous

#3BCD7B #3BCDC4 #3B8DCD

triadic

#3BCDC4 #C43BCD #CDC43B

tetradic

#3BCDC4 #7B3BCD #CD3B44 #8DCD3B

square

#3BCDC4 #7B3BCD #CD3B44 #8DCD3B

split-complementary

#3BCDC4 #CD3B8D #CD7B3B

monochromatic

#1D716C #29A29A #3BCDC4 #6CD9D3 #9DE6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#3BCDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#3BCDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCDC4

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCDC4	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C2C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 205, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.120 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddd5',
    500: '#3bcdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcdc4;
$custom-light: #87ddd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.301,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77148,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCDC4

secondary

#D29296

accent

#454FE3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCDC4

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

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