#3DDDC2 is a mid-toned, cool cyan. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #3DDDC2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #3DDDC2 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Turquoise opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Turquoise keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Turquoise is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Turquoise carrying the quiet middle.
Turquoise is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Turquoise.
Turquoise anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
How #3DDDC2 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #3DDDC2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #3DDDC2;
--color-base-rgb: 61 221 194;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(81.0% 0.135 178.6);
--color-50: #F1FDFB;
--color-100: #DBFAF5;
--color-200: #BAF3E9;
--color-300: #8AE5D6;
--color-400: #5FD3C0;
--color-500: #3DB8A3;
--color-600: #358C7E;
--color-700: #2B645A;
--color-800: #20413C;
--color-900: #152825;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
turquoise: {
50: '#F1FDFB',
100: '#DBFAF5',
200: '#BAF3E9',
300: '#8AE5D6',
400: '#5FD3C0',
500: '#3DB8A3',
600: '#358C7E',
700: '#2B645A',
800: '#20413C',
900: '#152825',
},
}
$base: #3DDDC2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F1FDFB; $base-100: #DBFAF5; $base-200: #BAF3E9; $base-300: #8AE5D6; $base-400: #5FD3C0; $base-500: #3DB8A3; $base-600: #358C7E; $base-700: #2B645A; $base-800: #20413C; $base-900: #152825; $base-hover: #22BFA5; $base-subtle: #CAEFE9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#3DDDC2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F1FDFB",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DBFAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BAF3E9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#8AE5D6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#5FD3C0",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#3DB8A3",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#358C7E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2B645A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#20413C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#152825",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}