#3BBDA4#3BBDA4

#3BBDA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDA4
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 164)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -40.95, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 41.03, 176.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.1173 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.117 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6988, 40.0023, 41.4289)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDA4 #BD3B54

analogous

#3BBD63 #3BBDA4 #3B95BD

triadic

#3BBDA4 #A43BBD #BDA43B

tetradic

#3BBDA4 #633BBD #BD3B54 #95BD3B

square

#3BBDA4 #633BBD #BD3B54 #95BD3B

split-complementary

#3BBDA4 #BD3B95 #BD633B

monochromatic

#1E6053 #2C8E7C #3BBDA4 #66CFBB #95DED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#3BBDA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#3BBDA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDA4

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDA4	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1be',
    500: '#3bbda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbda4;
$custom-light: #82d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.462,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72205,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDA4

secondary

#C98B97

accent

#4C68DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDA4

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

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