#3BADB8#3BADB8

#3BADB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.101 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BADB8
RGB	rgb(59, 173, 184)
HSL	hsl(185, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -27.88, -14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 31.64, 208.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0919 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.101 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3952, 34.2748, 50.6154)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BADB8 #B8463B

analogous

#3BB884 #3BADB8 #3B6EB8

triadic

#3BADB8 #B83BAD #ADB83B

tetradic

#3BADB8 #843BB8 #B8463B #6EB83B

square

#3BADB8 #843BB8 #B8463B #6EB83B

split-complementary

#3BADB8 #B83B6E #B8843B

monochromatic

#1D565B #2C818A #3BADB8 #63C4CD #92D5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#3BADB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#3BADB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BADB8

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BADB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BADB8	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA6B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D98B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3badb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 173, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.101 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6cd',
    500: '#3badb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3badb8;
$custom-light: #82c6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3badb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.28,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68914,
    "c": 0.10081,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BADB8

secondary

#C78D88

accent

#594DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BADB8

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

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