#3BBDB0#3BBDB0

#3BBDB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.112 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDB0
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 176)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -37.77, -3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 37.94, 185.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.1118 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.112 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8340, 40.4564, 47.4078)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDB0 #BD3B48

analogous

#3BBD6F #3BBDB0 #3B89BD

triadic

#3BBDB0 #B03BBD #BDB03B

tetradic

#3BBDB0 #6F3BBD #BD3B48 #89BD3B

square

#3BBDB0 #6F3BBD #BD3B48 #89BD3B

split-complementary

#3BBDB0 #BD3B89 #BD6F3B

monochromatic

#1E6059 #2C8E85 #3BBDB0 #66CFC5 #95DED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#3BBDB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#3BBDB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDB0

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDB0	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.112 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1c7',
    500: '#3bbdb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdb0;
$custom-light: #83d1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72574,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDB0

secondary

#C98B91

accent

#4C5ADC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDB0

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

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