#3BBDC8#3BBDC8

#3BBDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.110 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDC8
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -30.91, -15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 34.68, 206.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.1013 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.11 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4220, 41.4916, 61.0377)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDC8 #C8463B

analogous

#3BC88C #3BBDC8 #3B76C8

triadic

#3BBDC8 #C83BBD #BDC83B

tetradic

#3BBDC8 #8C3BC8 #C8463B #76C83B

square

#3BBDC8 #8C3BC8 #C8463B #76C83B

split-complementary

#3BBDC8 #C83B76 #C88C3B

monochromatic

#1E656B #2B929A #3BBDC8 #6BCDD5 #9BDDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#3BBDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#3BBDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDC8

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDC8	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.110 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1d8',
    500: '#3bbdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdc8;
$custom-light: #85d1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.681,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73403,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDC8

secondary

#CF9590

accent

#5448DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDC8

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

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