#3BBDD4#3BBDD4

#3BBDD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.114 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBDD4
RGB	rgb(59, 189, 212)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -27.27, -21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 34.84, 218.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0963 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.114 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8798, 42.0747, 68.7156)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBDD4 #D4523B

analogous

#3BD49F #3BBDD4 #3B70D4

triadic

#3BBDD4 #D43BBD #BDD43B

tetradic

#3BBDD4 #9F3BD4 #D4523B #70D43B

square

#3BBDD4 #9F3BD4 #D4523B #70D43B

split-complementary

#3BBDD4 #D43B70 #D49F3B

monochromatic

#1B6C7A #2698AC #3BBDD4 #6DCEDF #9FDFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#3BBDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#3BBDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBDD4

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBDD4	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 189, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.114 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1e1',
    500: '#3bbdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbdd4;
$custom-light: #86d1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.02,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73863,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBDD4

secondary

#D69E94

accent

#5A41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBDD4

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

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