#3BCEC9#3BCEC9

#3BCEC9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.120 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCEC9
RGB	rgb(59, 206, 201)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -38.58, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 39.54, 192.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.1176 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.12 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4127, 49.2854, 62.9464)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCEC9 #CE3B40

analogous

#3BCE80 #3BCEC9 #3B8ACE

triadic

#3BCEC9 #C93BCE #CEC93B

tetradic

#3BCEC9 #803BCE #CE3B40 #8ACE3B

square

#3BCEC9 #803BCE #CE3B40 #8ACE3B

split-complementary

#3BCEC9 #CE3B8A #CE803B

monochromatic

#1D726F #29A39F #3BCEC9 #6CDAD6 #9DE6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#3BCEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#3BCEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCEC9

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCEC9	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 206, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.120 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddd9',
    500: '#3bcec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcec9;
$custom-light: #87ddd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.959,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77556,
    "c": 0.12006,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCEC9

secondary

#D39294

accent

#454AE3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCEC9

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

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