#3BBDBC#3BBDBC

#3BBDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.110 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDBC
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -34.41, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 35.76, 195.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.1064 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.11 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0742, 40.9525, 53.9395)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDBC #BD3B3C

analogous

#3BBD7B #3BBDBC #3B7DBD

triadic

#3BBDBC #BC3BBD #BDBC3B

tetradic

#3BBDBC #7B3BBD #BD3B3C #7DBD3B

square

#3BBDBC #7B3BBD #BD3B3C #7DBD3B

split-complementary

#3BBDBC #BD3B7D #BD7B3B

monochromatic

#1E605F #2C8E8E #3BBDBC #66CFCE #95DEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#3BBDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#3BBDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDBC

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDBC	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.110 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1d0',
    500: '#3bbdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdbc;
$custom-light: #84d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.538,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72974,
    "c": 0.10979,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDBC

secondary

#C98B8B

accent

#4C4DDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDBC

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

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