#3BBDB6#3BBDB6

#3BBDB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.111 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDB6
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 182)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -36.11, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 36.72, 190.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.1091 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.111 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4408, 40.6991, 50.6037)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDB6 #BD3B42

analogous

#3BBD75 #3BBDB6 #3B83BD

triadic

#3BBDB6 #B63BBD #BDB63B

tetradic

#3BBDB6 #753BBD #BD3B42 #83BD3B

square

#3BBDB6 #753BBD #BD3B42 #83BD3B

split-complementary

#3BBDB6 #BD3B83 #BD753B

monochromatic

#1E605C #2C8E89 #3BBDB6 #66CFCA #95DEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#3BBDB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#3BBDB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDB6

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDB6	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.111 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1cb',
    500: '#3bbdb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdb6;
$custom-light: #83d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.769,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7277,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDB6

secondary

#C98B8E

accent

#4C54DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDB6

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

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