#3BBDB8#3BBDB8

#3BBDB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDB8
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -35.55, -7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 36.37, 192.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.1082 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.11 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6490, 40.7824, 51.7000)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDB8 #BD3B40

analogous

#3BBD77 #3BBDB8 #3B81BD

triadic

#3BBDB8 #B83BBD #BDB83B

tetradic

#3BBDB8 #773BBD #BD3B40 #81BD3B

square

#3BBDB8 #773BBD #BD3B40 #81BD3B

split-complementary

#3BBDB8 #BD3B81 #BD773B

monochromatic

#1E605D #2C8E8B #3BBDB8 #66CFCB #95DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#3BBDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#3BBDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDB8

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDB8	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1cd',
    500: '#3bbdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdb8;
$custom-light: #84d1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72837,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDB8

secondary

#C98B8D

accent

#4C51DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDB8

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

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