#3FB9CE#3FB9CE

#3FB9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3FB9CE
RGB	rgb(63, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -26.60, -20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 33.51, 217.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.093 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.109 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5347, 40.2074, 64.5321)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3FB9CE #CE543F

analogous

#3FCE9B #3FB9CE #3F72CE

triadic

#3FB9CE #CE3FB9 #B9CE3F

tetradic

#3FB9CE #9B3FCE #CE543F #72CE3F

square

#3FB9CE #9B3FCE #CE543F #72CE3F

split-complementary

#3FB9CE #CE3F72 #CE9B3F

monochromatic

#1E6875 #2A93A6 #3FB9CE #70CBDA #A1DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#3FB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#3FB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3FB9CE

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3FB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3FB9CE	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3fb9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cedd',
    500: '#3fb9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3fb9ce;
$custom-light: #87cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3fb9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.811,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72767,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3FB9CE

secondary

#D39F95

accent

#5C45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3FB9CE

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

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