#3BCED4#3BCED4

#3BCED4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.119 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCED4
RGB	rgb(59, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(182, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -35.44, -14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 38.13, 201.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.1129 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.119 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7533, 49.8216, 70.0068)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCED4 #D4413B

analogous

#3BD48D #3BCED4 #3B81D4

triadic

#3BCED4 #D43BCE #CED43B

tetradic

#3BCED4 #8D3BD4 #D4413B #81D43B

square

#3BCED4 #8D3BD4 #D4413B #81D43B

split-complementary

#3BCED4 #D43B81 #D48D3B

monochromatic

#1B767A #26A7AC #3BCED4 #6DDBDF #9FE7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#3BCED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#3BCED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCED4

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCED4	1.00	1.92	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B4D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.119 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dde1',
    500: '#3bced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bced4;
$custom-light: #88dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.353,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77935,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCED4

secondary

#D69794

accent

#4741E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCED4

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

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