#3BCDB3#3BCDB3

#3BCDB3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.127 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCDB3
RGB	rgb(59, 205, 179)
HSL	hsl(169, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 12.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -44.07, 1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 44.11, 177.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.1265 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.127 178)
XYZ	xyz(31.7676, 47.8434, 50.1995)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCDB3 #CD3B55

analogous

#3BCD6A #3BCDB3 #3B9ECD

triadic

#3BCDB3 #B33BCD #CDB33B

tetradic

#3BCDB3 #6A3BCD #CD3B55 #9ECD3B

square

#3BCDB3 #6A3BCD #CD3B55 #9ECD3B

split-complementary

#3BCDB3 #CD3B9E #CD6A3B

monochromatic

#1D7162 #29A28C #3BCDB3 #6CD9C6 #9DE6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#3BCDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#3BCDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCDB3

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCDB3	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B2B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 205, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.127 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ddc9',
    500: '#3bcdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcdb3;
$custom-light: #85ddc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.315,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76621,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.47847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCDB3

secondary

#D2929D

accent

#4561E3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCDB3

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

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