#3BD5B9#3BD5B9

#3BD5B9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.132 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BD5B9
RGB	rgb(59, 213, 185)
HSL	hsl(169, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 13.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -45.96, 2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 46.03, 176.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.1316 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.132 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3505, 52.0170, 54.1194)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BD5B9 #D53B57

analogous

#3BD56C #3BD5B9 #3BA4D5

triadic

#3BD5B9 #B93BD5 #D5B93B

tetradic

#3BD5B9 #6C3BD5 #D53B57 #A4D53B

square

#3BD5B9 #6C3BD5 #D53B57 #A4D53B

split-complementary

#3BD5B9 #D53BA4 #D56C3B

monochromatic

#1A7B6A #25AE95 #3BD5B9 #6DE0CB #A0EBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#3BD5B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#3BD5B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BD5B9

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BD5B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BD5B9	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC8B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bd5b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 213, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.132 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e3ce',
    500: '#3bd5b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bd5b9;
$custom-light: #87e3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bd5b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78766,
    "c": 0.13176,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BD5B9

secondary

#833140

accent

#405FE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BD5B9

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

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