#3BD5CA#3BD5CA

#3BD5CA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.125 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BD5CA
RGB	rgb(59, 213, 202)
HSL	hsl(176, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 5.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -41.46, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 41.89, 188.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.124 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.125 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2535, 52.7782, 64.1422)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BD5CA #D53B46

analogous

#3BD57D #3BD5CA #3B93D5

triadic

#3BD5CA #CA3BD5 #D5CA3B

tetradic

#3BD5CA #7D3BD5 #D53B46 #93D53B

square

#3BD5CA #7D3BD5 #D53B46 #93D53B

split-complementary

#3BD5CA #D53B93 #D57D3B

monochromatic

#1A7B74 #25AEA4 #3BD5CA #6DE0D8 #A0EBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#3BD5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#3BD5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BD5CA

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BD5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BD5CA	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C9CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bd5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 213, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.125 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e2da',
    500: '#3bd5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bd5ca;
$custom-light: #88e2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bd5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79286,
    "c": 0.12518,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BD5CA

secondary

#833137

accent

#404CE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BD5CA

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

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