#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
RGB	rgb(59, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -35.15, -14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 38.05, 202.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.1125 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.12 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8798, 49.8722, 70.6732)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##3BCED5	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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