#3BCDB2#3BCDB2

#3BCDB2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.127 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCDB2
RGB	rgb(59, 205, 178)
HSL	hsl(169, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 13.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -44.33, 2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 44.39, 176.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.1269 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.127 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6668, 47.8031, 49.6688)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCDB2 #CD3B56

analogous

#3BCD69 #3BCDB2 #3B9FCD

triadic

#3BCDB2 #B23BCD #CDB23B

tetradic

#3BCDB2 #693BCD #CD3B56 #9FCD3B

square

#3BCDB2 #693BCD #CD3B56 #9FCD3B

split-complementary

#3BCDB2 #CD3B9F #CD693B

monochromatic

#1D7161 #29A28B #3BCDB2 #6CD9C5 #9DE6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#3BCDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#3BCDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCDB2

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCDB2	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C0B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B2B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 205, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.127 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ddc9',
    500: '#3bcdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcdb2;
$custom-light: #85ddc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.904,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76592,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCDB2

secondary

#D2929E

accent

#4562E3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCDB2

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

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