#3BCDA9#3BCDA9

#3BCDA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.132 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCDA9
RGB	rgb(59, 205, 169)
HSL	hsl(165, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 17.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -46.59, 6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 47.11, 171.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.1311 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.132 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7927, 47.4534, 45.0650)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCDA9 #CD3B5F

analogous

#3BCD60 #3BCDA9 #3BA8CD

triadic

#3BCDA9 #A93BCD #CDA93B

tetradic

#3BCDA9 #603BCD #CD3B5F #A8CD3B

square

#3BCDA9 #603BCD #CD3B5F #A8CD3B

split-complementary

#3BCDA9 #CD3BA8 #CD603B

monochromatic

#1D715C #29A284 #3BCDA9 #6CD9BE #9DE6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#3BCDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#3BCDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCDA9

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCDA9	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C0A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 205, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.132 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ddc2',
    500: '#3bcda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcda9;
$custom-light: #85ddc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.205,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76337,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCDA9

secondary

#D292A2

accent

#456CE3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCDA9

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

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