#3BBDA6#3BBDA6

#3BBDA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.116 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDA6
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 166)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 12.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -40.43, 1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 40.46, 177.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.1163 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.116 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8808, 40.0751, 42.3876)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDA6 #BD3B52

analogous

#3BBD65 #3BBDA6 #3B93BD

triadic

#3BBDA6 #A63BBD #BDA63B

tetradic

#3BBDA6 #653BBD #BD3B52 #93BD3B

square

#3BBDA6 #653BBD #BD3B52 #93BD3B

split-complementary

#3BBDA6 #BD3B93 #BD653B

monochromatic

#1E6054 #2C8E7D #3BBDA6 #66CFBD #95DED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#3BBDA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#3BBDA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDA6

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDA6	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbda6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.116 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c0',
    500: '#3bbda6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbda6;
$custom-light: #82d1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbda6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.385,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72264,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDA6

secondary

#C98B96

accent

#4C65DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDA6

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

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