#3BACBC#3BACBC

#3BACBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.101 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BACBC
RGB	rgb(59, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -26.17, -17.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 31.45, 213.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0892 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.101 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6294, 34.0628, 52.7912)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BACBC #BC4B3B

analogous

#3BBC8B #3BACBC #3B6BBC

triadic

#3BACBC #BC3BAC #ACBC3B

tetradic

#3BACBC #8B3BBC #BC4B3B #6BBC3B

square

#3BACBC #8B3BBC #BC4B3B #6BBC3B

split-complementary

#3BACBC #BC3B6B #BC8B3B

monochromatic

#1E575F #2C818D #3BACBC #65C2CF #94D4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#3BACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#3BACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BACBC

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BACBC	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bacbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.101 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5d0',
    500: '#3bacbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bacbc;
$custom-light: #82c5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bacbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.442,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68824,
    "c": 0.10147,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BACBC

secondary

#C9928A

accent

#5E4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BACBC

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

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