#3BA8BB#3BA8BB

#3BA8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.100 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA8BB
RGB	rgb(59, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(189, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -24.46, -18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 30.83, 217.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0855 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.1 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7721, 32.5201, 51.9755)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA8BB #BB4E3B

analogous

#3BBB8E #3BA8BB #3B68BB

triadic

#3BA8BB #BB3BA8 #A8BB3B

tetradic

#3BA8BB #8E3BBB #BB4E3B #68BB3B

square

#3BA8BB #8E3BBB #BB4E3B #68BB3B

split-complementary

#3BA8BB #BB3B68 #BB8E3B

monochromatic

#1E545E #2C7E8C #3BA8BB #65BFCE #93D2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#3BA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#3BA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA8BB

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA8BB	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.100 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2cf',
    500: '#3ba8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba8bb;
$custom-light: #81c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.906,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67811,
    "c": 0.10014,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA8BB

secondary

#C8938A

accent

#624CDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA8BB

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

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