#3BCDB4#3BCDB4

#3BCDB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.126 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCDB4
RGB	rgb(59, 205, 180)
HSL	hsl(170, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 12.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -43.81, 1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 43.83, 178.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.126 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.126 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8691, 47.8840, 50.7341)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCDB4 #CD3B54

analogous

#3BCD6B #3BCDB4 #3B9DCD

triadic

#3BCDB4 #B43BCD #CDB43B

tetradic

#3BCDB4 #6B3BCD #CD3B54 #9DCD3B

square

#3BCDB4 #6B3BCD #CD3B54 #9DCD3B

split-complementary

#3BCDB4 #CD3B9D #CD6B3B

monochromatic

#1D7162 #29A28D #3BCDB4 #6CD9C7 #9DE6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#3BCDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#3BCDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCDB4

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCDB4	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B2B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 205, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.126 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ddca',
    500: '#3bcdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcdb4;
$custom-light: #85ddca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.726,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76651,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCDB4

secondary

#D2929D

accent

#4560E3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCDB4

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

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