#3FB9CD#3FB9CD

#3FB9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.109 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3FB9CD
RGB	rgb(63, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -26.90, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 33.45, 216.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0934 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.109 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4136, 40.1590, 63.8943)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3FB9CD #CD533F

analogous

#3FCD9A #3FB9CD #3F72CD

triadic

#3FB9CD #CD3FB9 #B9CD3F

tetradic

#3FB9CD #9A3FCD #CD533F #72CD3F

square

#3FB9CD #9A3FCD #CD533F #72CD3F

split-complementary

#3FB9CD #CD3F72 #CD9A3F

monochromatic

#1E6774 #2B93A4 #3FB9CD #70CBDA #A0DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#3FB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#3FB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3FB9CD

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3FB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3FB9CD	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3fb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.109 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cedc',
    500: '#3fb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3fb9cd;
$custom-light: #87cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3fb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.451,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72728,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3FB9CD

secondary

#D39E95

accent

#5C46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3FB9CD

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

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