#3BD9DC#3BD9DC

#3BD9DC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.126 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BD9DC
RGB	rgb(59, 217, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -38.22, -13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 40.41, 198.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.1201 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.126 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5289, 55.7180, 76.3676)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BD9DC #DC3E3B

analogous

#3BDC8F #3BD9DC #3B89DC

triadic

#3BD9DC #DC3BD9 #D9DC3B

tetradic

#3BD9DC #8F3BDC #DC3E3B #89DC3B

square

#3BD9DC #8F3BDC #DC3E3B #89DC3B

split-complementary

#3BD9DC #DC3B89 #DC8F3B

monochromatic

#188385 #21B6B9 #3BD9DC #6FE3E5 #A3EDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#3BD9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#3BD9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BD9DC

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BD9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BD9DC	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bd9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 217, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.126 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae5e6',
    500: '#3bd9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bd9dc;
$custom-light: #8ae5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bd9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.118,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80849,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BD9DC

secondary

#8B3230

accent

#3F3BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BD9DC

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

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