#3BCDD4#3BCDD4

#3BCDD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.119 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCDD4
RGB	rgb(59, 205, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -34.98, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 37.87, 202.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.1119 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.119 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5133, 49.3417, 69.9268)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCDD4 #D4423B

analogous

#3BD48E #3BCDD4 #3B80D4

triadic

#3BCDD4 #D43BCD #CDD43B

tetradic

#3BCDD4 #8E3BD4 #D4423B #80D43B

square

#3BCDD4 #8E3BD4 #D4423B #80D43B

split-complementary

#3BCDD4 #D43B80 #D48E3B

monochromatic

#1B767A #26A6AC #3BCDD4 #6DDADF #9FE7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#3BCDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#3BCDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCDD4

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCDD4	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 205, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.119 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dce1',
    500: '#3bcdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcdd4;
$custom-light: #88dce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.745,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77694,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCDD4

secondary

#D69794

accent

#4841E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCDD4

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

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