#3BBD9C#3BBD9C

#3BBD9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.122 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBD9C
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 17.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -42.98, 6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 43.47, 171.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.121 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.122 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9989, 39.7224, 37.7430)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBD9C #BD3B5C

analogous

#3BBD5B #3BBD9C #3B9DBD

triadic

#3BBD9C #9C3BBD #BD9C3B

tetradic

#3BBD9C #5B3BBD #BD3B5C #9DBD3B

square

#3BBD9C #5B3BBD #BD3B5C #9DBD3B

split-complementary

#3BBD9C #BD3B9D #BD5B3B

monochromatic

#1E604F #2C8E76 #3BBD9C #66CFB5 #95DECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3BBD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#3BBD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBD9C

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBD9C	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.122 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1b9',
    500: '#3bbd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbd9c;
$custom-light: #82d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.769,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71975,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBD9C

secondary

#C98B9B

accent

#4C70DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBD9C

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

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