#3BBDC9#3BBDC9

#3BBDC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.110 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDC9
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -30.61, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 34.65, 207.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.1008 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.11 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5392, 41.5385, 61.6552)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDC9 #C9473B

analogous

#3BC98E #3BBDC9 #3B76C9

triadic

#3BBDC9 #C93BBD #BDC93B

tetradic

#3BBDC9 #8E3BC9 #C9473B #76C93B

square

#3BBDC9 #8E3BC9 #C9473B #76C93B

split-complementary

#3BBDC9 #C93B76 #C98E3B

monochromatic

#1E656C #2B929C #3BBDC9 #6BCDD6 #9BDDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#3BBDC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#3BBDC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDC9

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDC9	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.110 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1d9',
    500: '#3bbdc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdc9;
$custom-light: #85d1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.07,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73441,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDC9

secondary

#CF9690

accent

#5548E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDC9

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

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