#3BBDA9#3BBDA9

#3BBDA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDA9
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 169)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -39.65, -0.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 39.65, 180.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.1149 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.115 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1592, 40.1865, 43.8538)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDA9 #BD3B4F

analogous

#3BBD68 #3BBDA9 #3B90BD

triadic

#3BBDA9 #A93BBD #BDA93B

tetradic

#3BBDA9 #683BBD #BD3B4F #90BD3B

square

#3BBDA9 #683BBD #BD3B4F #90BD3B

split-complementary

#3BBDA9 #BD3B90 #BD683B

monochromatic

#1E6056 #2C8E7F #3BBDA9 #66CFBF #95DED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#3BBDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#3BBDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDA9

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDA9	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c2',
    500: '#3bbda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbda9;
$custom-light: #82d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72355,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDA9

secondary

#C98B94

accent

#4C62DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDA9

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

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