#3BCED5#3BCED5

#3BCED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.120 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BCED5
RGBrgb(59, 206, 213)
HSLhsl(183, 65%, 53%)
HSVhsv(183, 72%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(75.99, -35.15, -14.56)
CIE-LCHlch(75.99, 38.05, 202.50°)
OKLaboklab(77.97% -0.1125 -0.0404)
OKLCHoklch(77.97% 0.12 199.8)
XYZxyz(35.8798, 49.8722, 70.6732)
Luminance0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BCED5 #D5423B
analogous
#3BD58F #3BCED5 #3B81D5
triadic
#3BCED5 #D53BCE #CED53B
tetradic
#3BCED5 #8F3BD5 #D5423B #81D53B
square
#3BCED5 #8F3BD5 #D5423B #81D53B
split-complementary
#3BCED5 #D53B81 #D58F3B
monochromatic
#1A777B #25A7AE #3BCED5 #6DDBE0 #A0E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91
#3BCED5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98
#3BCED5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCED5
10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BCED5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BCED51.001.9110.9810.98
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9821.001.001.00
##00000010.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFC5D6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9B4D6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6D0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3bced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.120 199.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dde1',
    500: '#3bced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3bced5;
$custom-light: #88dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3bced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7797,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BCED5
secondary
#D79895
accent
#4840E8
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FBFB
border
#CBD4D4
text
#0D1515
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCED5

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#3BCED5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva