#3BDDCE#3BDDCE

#3BDDCE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.131 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BDDCE
RGB	rgb(59, 221, 206)
HSL	hsl(174, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(174, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 0%, 6.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -43.90, -4.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 44.13, 185.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.13 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.131 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7953, 57.0943, 67.3562)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BDDCE #DD3B4A

analogous

#3BDD7D #3BDDCE #3B9BDD

triadic

#3BDDCE #CE3BDD #DDCE3B

tetradic

#3BDDCE #7D3BDD #DD3B4A #9BDD3B

square

#3BDDCE #7D3BDD #DD3B4A #9BDD3B

split-complementary

#3BDDCE #DD3B9B #DD7D3B

monochromatic

#17867C #20BAAC #3BDDCE #6FE6DB #A3EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#3BDDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#3BDDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BDDCE

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BDDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BDDCE	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bddce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 221, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.131 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8dc',
    500: '#3bddce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bddce;
$custom-light: #8ae8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bddce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.444,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81349,
    "c": 0.13063,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BDDCE

secondary

#8C3038

accent

#3B4BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FDFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BDDCE

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

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