#3BD5DE#3BD5DE

#3BD5DE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.124 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BD5DE
RGB	rgb(59, 213, 222)
HSL	hsl(183, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 4.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -35.79, -15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 39.15, 203.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.1154 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.124 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7768, 53.7875, 77.4314)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BD5DE #DE443B

analogous

#3BDE96 #3BD5DE #3B83DE

triadic

#3BD5DE #DE3BD5 #D5DE3B

tetradic

#3BD5DE #963BDE #DE443B #83DE3B

square

#3BD5DE #963BDE #DE443B #83DE3B

split-complementary

#3BD5DE #DE3B83 #DE963B

monochromatic

#178288 #20B3BC #3BD5DE #6FE0E7 #A4EBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#3BD5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#3BD5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BD5DE

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BD5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BD5DE	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBBDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bd5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 213, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.124 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae2e8',
    500: '#3bd5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bd5de;
$custom-light: #8ae2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bd5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.313,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79965,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BD5DE

secondary

#8E352F

accent

#443AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BD5DE

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

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