#3BBAD0#3BBAD0

#3BBAD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBAD0
RGB	rgb(59, 186, 208)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -27.01, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 34.25, 217.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.095 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.112 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7428, 40.5981, 65.8782)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBAD0 #D0513B

analogous

#3BD09C #3BBAD0 #3B70D0

triadic

#3BBAD0 #D03BBA #BAD03B

tetradic

#3BBAD0 #9C3BD0 #D0513B #70D03B

square

#3BBAD0 #9C3BD0 #D0513B #70D03B

split-complementary

#3BBAD0 #D03B70 #D09C3B

monochromatic

#1C6875 #2893A6 #3BBAD0 #6CCBDC #9EDDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#3BBAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#3BBAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBAD0

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBAD0	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B4D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 186, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfde',
    500: '#3bbad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbad0;
$custom-light: #86cfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.859,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72987,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBAD0

secondary

#D49D93

accent

#5B43E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBAD0

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

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