#3BBDC4#3BBDC4

#3BBDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDC4
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 196)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -32.09, -13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 34.91, 203.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.103 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.11 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9606, 41.3070, 58.6079)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDC4 #C4423B

analogous

#3BC487 #3BBDC4 #3B78C4

triadic

#3BBDC4 #C43BBD #BDC43B

tetradic

#3BBDC4 #873BC4 #C4423B #78C43B

square

#3BBDC4 #873BC4 #C4423B #78C43B

split-complementary

#3BBDC4 #C43B78 #C4873B

monochromatic

#1F6266 #2D9095 #3BBDC4 #6ACDD2 #99DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#3BBDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#3BBDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDC4

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDC4	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1d5',
    500: '#3bbdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdc4;
$custom-light: #85d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.066,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73257,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDC4

secondary

#CC928F

accent

#524BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDC4

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

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