#3BCDB5#3BCDB5

#3BCDB5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.126 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCDB5
RGB	rgb(59, 205, 181)
HSL	hsl(170, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 11.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -43.55, 0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 43.56, 178.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.1256 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.126 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9713, 47.9249, 51.2725)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCDB5 #CD3B53

analogous

#3BCD6C #3BCDB5 #3B9CCD

triadic

#3BCDB5 #B53BCD #CDB53B

tetradic

#3BCDB5 #6C3BCD #CD3B53 #9CCD3B

square

#3BCDB5 #6C3BCD #CD3B53 #9CCD3B

split-complementary

#3BCDB5 #CD3B9C #CD6C3B

monochromatic

#1D7163 #29A28E #3BCDB5 #6CD9C7 #9DE6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#3BCDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#3BCDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCDB5

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCDB5	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 205, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.126 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ddcb',
    500: '#3bcdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcdb5;
$custom-light: #86ddcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.137,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7668,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCDB5

secondary

#D2929C

accent

#455FE3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCDB5

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

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