#3BCDE9#3BCDE9

#3BCDE9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.124 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCDE9
RGB	rgb(59, 205, 233)
HSL	hsl(190, 80%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 75%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 12%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -28.67, -24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 37.89, 220.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.1034 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.124 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3366, 50.4710, 84.7964)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCDE9 #E9573B

analogous

#3BE9AE #3BCDE9 #3B76E9

triadic

#3BCDE9 #E93BCD #CDE93B

tetradic

#3BCDE9 #AE3BE9 #E9573B #76E93B

square

#3BCDE9 #AE3BE9 #E9573B #76E93B

split-complementary

#3BCDE9 #E93B76 #E9AE3B

monochromatic

#118398 #17B2D0 #3BCDE9 #72DBEF #A9E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#3BCDE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#3BCDE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCDE9

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCDE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCDE9	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcde9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 205, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.124 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adcf0',
    500: '#3bcde9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcde9;
$custom-light: #8adcf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcde9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.655,
    "s": 79.817,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78485,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCDE9

secondary

#9C3E2C

accent

#5132F6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCDE9

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

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