#3BBDBA#3BBDBA

#3BBDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.110 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDBA
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -34.98, -8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 36.05, 194.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.1073 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.11 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8601, 40.8668, 52.8119)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDBA #BD3B3E

analogous

#3BBD79 #3BBDBA #3B7FBD

triadic

#3BBDBA #BA3BBD #BDBA3B

tetradic

#3BBDBA #793BBD #BD3B3E #7FBD3B

square

#3BBDBA #793BBD #BD3B3E #7FBD3B

split-complementary

#3BBDBA #BD3B7F #BD793B

monochromatic

#1E605E #2C8E8C #3BBDBA #66CFCD #95DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#3BBDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#3BBDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDBA

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDBA	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)

#B1B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.110 192.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.615,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72905,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDBA

secondary

#C98B8C

accent

#4C4FDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDBA

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

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