#3BADA8#3BADA8

#3BADA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.101 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BADA8
RGB	rgb(59, 173, 168)
HSL	hsl(177, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 2.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, -32.54, -6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 33.25, 191.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.0988 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.101 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8119, 33.6414, 42.2767)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BADA8 #AD3B40

analogous

#3BAD6F #3BADA8 #3B79AD

triadic

#3BADA8 #A83BAD #ADA83B

tetradic

#3BADA8 #6F3BAD #AD3B40 #79AD3B

square

#3BADA8 #6F3BAD #AD3B40 #79AD3B

split-complementary

#3BADA8 #AD3B79 #AD6F3B

monochromatic

#1C524F #2B7F7C #3BADA8 #5DC8C3 #8BD7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#3BADA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#3BADA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BADA8

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BADA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BADA8	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bada8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 173, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.101 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6c1',
    500: '#3bada8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bada8;
$custom-light: #80c6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bada8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.368,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6834,
    "c": 0.10066,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BADA8

secondary

#C28285

accent

#4F55D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BADA8

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

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