#3BADA5#3BADA5

#3BADA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.101 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BADA5
RGB	rgb(59, 173, 165)
HSL	hsl(176, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 4.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -33.39, -5.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 33.80, 188.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.1002 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.101 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5356, 33.5309, 40.8218)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BADA5 #AD3B43

analogous

#3BAD6C #3BADA5 #3B7CAD

triadic

#3BADA5 #A53BAD #ADA53B

tetradic

#3BADA5 #6C3BAD #AD3B43 #7CAD3B

square

#3BADA5 #6C3BAD #AD3B43 #7CAD3B

split-complementary

#3BADA5 #AD3B7C #AD6C3B

monochromatic

#1C524E #2B7F79 #3BADA5 #5DC8C0 #8BD7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#3BADA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#3BADA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BADA5

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BADA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BADA5	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A4A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bada5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 173, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.101 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6bf',
    500: '#3bada5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bada5;
$custom-light: #80c6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bada5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.789,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68239,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BADA5

secondary

#C28286

accent

#4F59D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BADA5

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

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