#3BCDE3#3BCDE3

#3BCDE3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.122 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCDE3
RGB	rgb(59, 205, 227)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 9.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -30.50, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 37.53, 215.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.1058 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.122 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4941, 50.1340, 80.3589)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCDE3 #E3513B

analogous

#3BE3A5 #3BCDE3 #3B79E3

triadic

#3BCDE3 #E33BCD #CDE33B

tetradic

#3BCDE3 #A53BE3 #E3513B #79E33B

square

#3BCDE3 #A53BE3 #E3513B #79E33B

split-complementary

#3BCDE3 #E33B79 #E3A53B

monochromatic

#147F8F #1CAFC5 #3BCDE3 #71DBEB #A6E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#3BCDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#3BCDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCDE3

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCDE3	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 205, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.122 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adceb',
    500: '#3bcde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcde3;
$custom-light: #8adceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.857,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78251,
    "c": 0.12202,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCDE3

secondary

#943B2E

accent

#4F36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFD

border

#CED5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCDE3

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

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