#3BADBC#3BADBC

#3BADBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.102 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BADBC
RGB	rgb(59, 173, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -26.67, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 31.62, 212.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0902 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.102 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8204, 34.4449, 52.8549)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BADBC #BC4A3B

analogous

#3BBC8A #3BADBC #3B6CBC

triadic

#3BADBC #BC3BAD #ADBC3B

tetradic

#3BADBC #8A3BBC #BC4A3B #6CBC3B

square

#3BADBC #8A3BBC #BC4A3B #6CBC3B

split-complementary

#3BADBC #BC3B6C #BC8A3B

monochromatic

#1E575F #2C828D #3BADBC #65C3CF #94D5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#3BADBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#3BADBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BADBC

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BADBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BADBC	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3badbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 173, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.102 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5d0',
    500: '#3badbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3badbc;
$custom-light: #82c5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3badbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.977,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69067,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BADBC

secondary

#C9918A

accent

#5D4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BADBC

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

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