#3BBD9E#3BBD9E

#3BBD9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.121 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBD9E
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 16.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -42.48, 5.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 42.83, 172.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.1201 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.121 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1697, 39.7907, 38.6423)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBD9E #BD3B5A

analogous

#3BBD5D #3BBD9E #3B9BBD

triadic

#3BBD9E #9E3BBD #BD9E3B

tetradic

#3BBD9E #5D3BBD #BD3B5A #9BBD3B

square

#3BBD9E #5D3BBD #BD3B5A #9BBD3B

split-complementary

#3BBD9E #BD3B9B #BD5D3B

monochromatic

#1E6050 #2C8E77 #3BBD9E #66CFB6 #95DECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#3BBD9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#3BBD9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBD9E

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBD9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBD9E	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbd9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.121 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1ba',
    500: '#3bbd9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbd9e;
$custom-light: #82d1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbd9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72031,
    "c": 0.12086,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBD9E

secondary

#C98B9A

accent

#4C6EDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBD9E

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

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