#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
RGBrgb(59, 173, 180)
HSLhsl(183, 51%, 47%)
HSVhsv(183, 67%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(67.2%, 3.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(65.05, -29.07, -12.94)
CIE-LCHlch(65.05, 31.82, 203.99°)
OKLaboklab(68.77% -0.0936 -0.0359)
OKLCHoklch(68.77% 0.1 201)
XYZxyz(24.9818, 34.1094, 48.4383)
Luminance0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##3BADB41.002.687.827.82
#FFFFFF2.681.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8221.001.001.00
##0000007.8221.001.001.00

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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#3BADB4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva