#3BD5C9#3BD5C9

#3BD5C9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.125 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BD5C9
RGB	rgb(59, 213, 201)
HSL	hsl(175, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 5.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -41.73, -5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 42.10, 187.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.1245 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.125 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1355, 52.7310, 63.5207)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BD5C9 #D53B47

analogous

#3BD57C #3BD5C9 #3B94D5

triadic

#3BD5C9 #C93BD5 #D5C93B

tetradic

#3BD5C9 #7C3BD5 #D53B47 #94D53B

square

#3BD5C9 #7C3BD5 #D53B47 #94D53B

split-complementary

#3BD5C9 #D53B94 #D57C3B

monochromatic

#1A7B74 #25AEA3 #3BD5C9 #6DE0D7 #A0EBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#3BD5C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#3BD5C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BD5C9

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BD5C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BD5C9	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bd5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 213, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.125 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e2d9',
    500: '#3bd5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bd5c9;
$custom-light: #88e2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bd5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.325,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79254,
    "c": 0.12544,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BD5C9

secondary

#833138

accent

#404DE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BD5C9

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

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