#3BBDA5#3BBDA5

#3BBDA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDA5
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -40.69, 1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 40.74, 177.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.1168 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.117 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7894, 40.0386, 41.9064)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDA5 #BD3B53

analogous

#3BBD64 #3BBDA5 #3B94BD

triadic

#3BBDA5 #A53BBD #BDA53B

tetradic

#3BBDA5 #643BBD #BD3B53 #94BD3B

square

#3BBDA5 #643BBD #BD3B53 #94BD3B

split-complementary

#3BBDA5 #BD3B94 #BD643B

monochromatic

#1E6054 #2C8E7C #3BBDA5 #66CFBC #95DED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#3BBDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#3BBDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDA5

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDA5	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1bf',
    500: '#3bbda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbda5;
$custom-light: #82d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.923,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72234,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDA5

secondary

#C98B96

accent

#4C67DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDA5

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

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