#3BADB4#3BADB4

#3BADB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.100 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BADB4
RGB	rgb(59, 173, 180)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 3.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -29.07, -12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 31.82, 203.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0936 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.1 201)
XYZ	xyz(24.9818, 34.1094, 48.4383)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BADB4 #B4423B

analogous

#3BB47F #3BADB4 #3B71B4

triadic

#3BADB4 #B43BAD #ADB43B

tetradic

#3BADB4 #7F3BB4 #B4423B #71B43B

square

#3BADB4 #7F3BB4 #B4423B #71B43B

split-complementary

#3BADB4 #B43B71 #B47F3B

monochromatic

#1D5458 #2C8186 #3BADB4 #61C5CB #8FD6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#3BADB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#3BADB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BADB4

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BADB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BADB4	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A6B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E98B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3badb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 173, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.100 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6ca',
    500: '#3badb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3badb4;
$custom-light: #81c6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3badb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.471,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68765,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.34112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BADB4

secondary

#C58986

accent

#564EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BADB4

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

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