#3BBDB5#3BBDB5

#3BBDB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDB5
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -36.39, -6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 36.91, 189.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.1095 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.111 189)
XYZ	xyz(28.3379, 40.6579, 50.0614)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDB5 #BD3B43

analogous

#3BBD74 #3BBDB5 #3B84BD

triadic

#3BBDB5 #B53BBD #BDB53B

tetradic

#3BBDB5 #743BBD #BD3B43 #84BD3B

square

#3BBDB5 #743BBD #BD3B43 #84BD3B

split-complementary

#3BBDB5 #BD3B84 #BD743B

monochromatic

#1E605C #2C8E88 #3BBDB5 #66CFC9 #95DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#3BBDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#3BBDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDB5

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDB5	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1cb',
    500: '#3bbdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdb5;
$custom-light: #83d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.308,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72737,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.40661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDB5

secondary

#C98B8F

accent

#4C55DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDB5

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

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