#3BBDB4#3BBDB4

#3BBDB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDB4
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -36.66, -5.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 37.10, 188.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.11 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.111 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2356, 40.6170, 49.5229)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDB4 #BD3B44

analogous

#3BBD73 #3BBDB4 #3B85BD

triadic

#3BBDB4 #B43BBD #BDB43B

tetradic

#3BBDB4 #733BBD #BD3B44 #85BD3B

square

#3BBDB4 #733BBD #BD3B44 #85BD3B

split-complementary

#3BBDB4 #BD3B85 #BD733B

monochromatic

#1E605B #2C8E88 #3BBDB4 #66CFC8 #95DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#3BBDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#3BBDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDB4

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDB4	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1ca',
    500: '#3bbdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdb4;
$custom-light: #83d1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.846,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72704,
    "c": 0.11112,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDB4

secondary

#C98B8F

accent

#4C56DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDB4

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

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