#3BD5CB#3BD5CB

#3BD5CB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.125 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BD5CB
RGB	rgb(59, 213, 203)
HSL	hsl(176, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 4.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -41.18, -6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 41.70, 189.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.1236 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.125 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3723, 52.8257, 64.7678)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BD5CB #D53B45

analogous

#3BD57E #3BD5CB #3B92D5

triadic

#3BD5CB #CB3BD5 #D5CB3B

tetradic

#3BD5CB #7E3BD5 #D53B45 #92D53B

square

#3BD5CB #7E3BD5 #D53B45 #92D53B

split-complementary

#3BD5CB #D53B92 #D57E3B

monochromatic

#1A7B75 #25AEA5 #3BD5CB #6DE0D8 #A0EBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#3BD5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#3BD5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BD5CB

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BD5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BD5CB	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bd5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 213, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.125 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e2da',
    500: '#3bd5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bd5cb;
$custom-light: #88e2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bd5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.104,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79318,
    "c": 0.12493,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BD5CB

secondary

#833137

accent

#404BE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BD5CB

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

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