#3BAD9F#3BAD9F

#3BAD9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.103 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BAD9F
RGB	rgb(59, 173, 159)
HSL	hsl(173, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 8.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, -35.04, -2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 35.11, 183.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.1029 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.103 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0023, 33.3176, 38.0128)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BAD9F #AD3B49

analogous

#3BAD66 #3BAD9F #3B82AD

triadic

#3BAD9F #9F3BAD #AD9F3B

tetradic

#3BAD9F #663BAD #AD3B49 #82AD3B

square

#3BAD9F #663BAD #AD3B49 #82AD3B

split-complementary

#3BAD9F #AD3B82 #AD663B

monochromatic

#1C524B #2B7F75 #3BAD9F #5DC8BB #8BD7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#3BAD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#3BAD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BAD9F

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BAD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BAD9F	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9497A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bad9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 173, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.103 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6bb',
    500: '#3bad9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bad9f;
$custom-light: #80c6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bad9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.632,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68043,
    "c": 0.10314,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BAD9F

secondary

#C2828A

accent

#4F60D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BAD9F

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

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