#3BCDC9#3BCDC9

#3BCDC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.119 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCDC9
RGB	rgb(59, 205, 201)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -38.13, -9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 39.19, 193.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.1166 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.119 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1727, 48.8054, 62.8664)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCDC9 #CD3B3F

analogous

#3BCD80 #3BCDC9 #3B88CD

triadic

#3BCDC9 #C93BCD #CDC93B

tetradic

#3BCDC9 #803BCD #CD3B3F #88CD3B

square

#3BCDC9 #803BCD #CD3B3F #88CD3B

split-complementary

#3BCDC9 #CD3B88 #CD803B

monochromatic

#1D716F #29A29E #3BCDC9 #6CD9D6 #9DE6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#3BCDC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#3BCDC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCDC9

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCDC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCDC9	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcdc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 205, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.119 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddd9',
    500: '#3bcdc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcdc9;
$custom-light: #87ddd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcdc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.356,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77314,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCDC9

secondary

#D29294

accent

#454AE3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCDC9

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

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