#3BBDCD#3BBDCD

#3BBDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDCD
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -29.40, -18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 34.59, 211.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0992 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.111 207)
XYZ	xyz(31.0159, 41.7291, 64.1657)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDCD #CD4B3B

analogous

#3BCD94 #3BBDCD #3B74CD

triadic

#3BBDCD #CD3BBD #BDCD3B

tetradic

#3BBDCD #943BCD #CD4B3B #74CD3B

square

#3BBDCD #943BCD #CD4B3B #74CD3B

split-complementary

#3BBDCD #CD3B74 #CD943B

monochromatic

#1D6871 #2994A2 #3BBDCD #6CCDD9 #9DDEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#3BBDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#3BBDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDCD

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDCD	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1dc',
    500: '#3bbdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdcd;
$custom-light: #86d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.575,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73591,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.41733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDCD

secondary

#D29992

accent

#5745E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDCD

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

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