#3BBDAD#3BBDAD

#3BBDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDAD
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -38.58, -2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 38.64, 183.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.1131 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.113 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5405, 40.3390, 45.8618)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDAD #BD3B4B

analogous

#3BBD6C #3BBDAD #3B8CBD

triadic

#3BBDAD #AD3BBD #BDAD3B

tetradic

#3BBDAD #6C3BBD #BD3B4B #8CBD3B

square

#3BBDAD #6C3BBD #BD3B4B #8CBD3B

split-complementary

#3BBDAD #BD3B8C #BD6C3B

monochromatic

#1E6058 #2C8E82 #3BBDAD #66CFC2 #95DED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#3BBDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#3BBDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDAD

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDAD	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1c5',
    500: '#3bbdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdad;
$custom-light: #83d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.615,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72479,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDAD

secondary

#C98B92

accent

#4C5EDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDAD

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

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