#3BCDC8#3BCDC8

#3BCDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.119 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCDC8
RGB	rgb(59, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -38.41, -8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 39.35, 192.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.1171 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.12 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0555, 48.7585, 62.2489)
Luminance	0.4876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCDC8 #CD3B40

analogous

#3BCD7F #3BCDC8 #3B89CD

triadic

#3BCDC8 #C83BCD #CDC83B

tetradic

#3BCDC8 #7F3BCD #CD3B40 #89CD3B

square

#3BCDC8 #7F3BCD #CD3B40 #89CD3B

split-complementary

#3BCDC8 #CD3B89 #CD7F3B

monochromatic

#1D716E #29A29D #3BCDC8 #6CD9D6 #9DE6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#3BCDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#3BCDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCDC8

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCDC8	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.119 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddd8',
    500: '#3bcdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcdc8;
$custom-light: #87ddd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.945,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7728,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCDC8

secondary

#D29294

accent

#454BE3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCDC8

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

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