#3BBD9D#3BBD9D

#3BBD9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.121 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBD9D
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -42.73, 6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 43.15, 171.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.1205 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.121 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0840, 39.7564, 38.1908)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBD9D #BD3B5B

analogous

#3BBD5C #3BBD9D #3B9CBD

triadic

#3BBD9D #9D3BBD #BD9D3B

tetradic

#3BBD9D #5C3BBD #BD3B5B #9CBD3B

square

#3BBD9D #5C3BBD #BD3B5B #9CBD3B

split-complementary

#3BBD9D #BD3B9C #BD5C3B

monochromatic

#1E6050 #2C8E76 #3BBD9D #66CFB5 #95DECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#3BBD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#3BBD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBD9D

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBD9D	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.121 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1b9',
    500: '#3bbd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbd9d;
$custom-light: #82d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.231,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72003,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBD9D

secondary

#C98B9A

accent

#4C6FDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBD9D

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

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