#3BBDC6#3BBDC6

#3BBDC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDC6
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 198)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 4.5%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -31.50, -14.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 34.78, 205.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.1021 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.11 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1898, 41.3987, 59.8148)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDC6 #C6443B

analogous

#3BC689 #3BBDC6 #3B77C6

triadic

#3BBDC6 #C63BBD #BDC63B

tetradic

#3BBDC6 #893BC6 #C6443B #77C63B

square

#3BBDC6 #893BC6 #C6443B #77C63B

split-complementary

#3BBDC6 #C63B77 #C6893B

monochromatic

#1E6368 #2C9198 #3BBDC6 #6ACDD4 #9ADDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#3BBDC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#3BBDC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDC6

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDC6	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1d7',
    500: '#3bbdc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdc6;
$custom-light: #85d1d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.885,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7333,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDC6

secondary

#CD938F

accent

#534ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDC6

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

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