#3BCDCE#3BCDCE

#3BCDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.119 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCDCE
RGB	rgb(59, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -36.71, -11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 38.48, 197.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.1145 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.119 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7705, 49.0445, 66.0146)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCDCE #CE3C3B

analogous

#3BCE86 #3BCDCE #3B84CE

triadic

#3BCDCE #CE3BCD #CDCE3B

tetradic

#3BCDCE #863BCE #CE3C3B #84CE3B

square

#3BCDCE #863BCE #CE3C3B #84CE3B

split-complementary

#3BCDCE #CE3B84 #CE863B

monochromatic

#1D7172 #29A2A3 #3BCDCE #6CD9DA #9DE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#3BCDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#3BCDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCDCE

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCDCE	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.119 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dddc',
    500: '#3bcdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcdce;
$custom-light: #87dddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.408,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77484,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCDCE

secondary

#D39392

accent

#4645E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCDCE

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

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