#3BBDB2#3BBDB2

#3BBDB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.112 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDB2
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -37.22, -4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 37.51, 187.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.1108 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.112 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0334, 40.5361, 48.4577)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDB2 #BD3B46

analogous

#3BBD71 #3BBDB2 #3B87BD

triadic

#3BBDB2 #B23BBD #BDB23B

tetradic

#3BBDB2 #713BBD #BD3B46 #87BD3B

square

#3BBDB2 #713BBD #BD3B46 #87BD3B

split-complementary

#3BBDB2 #BD3B87 #BD713B

monochromatic

#1E605A #2C8E86 #3BBDB2 #66CFC6 #95DED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#3BBDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#3BBDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDB2

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDB2	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.112 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1c9',
    500: '#3bbdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdb2;
$custom-light: #83d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.923,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72639,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDB2

secondary

#C98B90

accent

#4C58DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDB2

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

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