#3BBDB9#3BBDB9

#3BBDB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.110 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDB9
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -35.26, -8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 36.21, 193.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.1077 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.11 192)
XYZ	xyz(28.7542, 40.8245, 52.2540)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDB9 #BD3B3F

analogous

#3BBD78 #3BBDB9 #3B80BD

triadic

#3BBDB9 #B93BBD #BDB93B

tetradic

#3BBDB9 #783BBD #BD3B3F #80BD3B

square

#3BBDB9 #783BBD #BD3B3F #80BD3B

split-complementary

#3BBDB9 #BD3B80 #BD783B

monochromatic

#1E605E #2C8E8B #3BBDB9 #66CFCC #95DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#3BBDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#3BBDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDB9

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDB9	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.110 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1ce',
    500: '#3bbdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdb9;
$custom-light: #84d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72871,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.40828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDB9

secondary

#C98B8D

accent

#4C50DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDB9

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

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