#3BCDB6#3BCDB6

#3BCDB6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.125 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BCDB6
RGB	rgb(59, 205, 182)
HSL	hsl(171, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 11.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -43.29, 0.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 43.29, 179.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.1251 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.125 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0743, 47.9661, 51.8149)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BCDB6 #CD3B52

analogous

#3BCD6D #3BCDB6 #3B9BCD

triadic

#3BCDB6 #B63BCD #CDB63B

tetradic

#3BCDB6 #6D3BCD #CD3B52 #9BCD3B

square

#3BCDB6 #6D3BCD #CD3B52 #9BCD3B

split-complementary

#3BCDB6 #CD3B9B #CD6D3B

monochromatic

#1D7164 #29A28F #3BCDB6 #6CD9C8 #9DE6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#3BCDB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#3BCDB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BCDB6

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BCDB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BCDB6	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)

#C4C1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bcdb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 205, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.125 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ddcb',
    500: '#3bcdb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bcdb6;
$custom-light: #86ddcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bcdb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.548,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7671,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BCDB6

secondary

#D2929C

accent

#455EE3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BCDB6

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

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