#3BADAE#3BADAE

#3BADAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.100 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BADAE
RGB	rgb(59, 173, 174)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -30.83, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 32.37, 197.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0962 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.1 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3838, 33.8702, 45.2887)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BADAE #AE3C3B

analogous

#3BAE75 #3BADAE #3B73AE

triadic

#3BADAE #AE3BAD #ADAE3B

tetradic

#3BADAE #753BAE #AE3C3B #73AE3B

square

#3BADAE #753BAE #AE3C3B #73AE3B

split-complementary

#3BADAE #AE3B73 #AE753B

monochromatic

#1C5253 #2C8080 #3BADAE #5EC7C8 #8CD7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#3BADAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#3BADAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BADAE

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BADAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BADAE	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9098AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3badae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 173, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.100 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6c6',
    500: '#3badae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3badae;
$custom-light: #81c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3badae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.522,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68549,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BADAE

secondary

#C28382

accent

#504FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BADAE

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

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