#3BB0B2#3BB0B2

#3BB0B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.102 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB0B2
RGB	rgb(59, 176, 178)
HSL	hsl(181, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -31.11, -10.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 32.85, 198.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0975 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.102 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3613, 35.1920, 47.5670)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB0B2 #B23D3B

analogous

#3BB279 #3BB0B2 #3B75B2

triadic

#3BB0B2 #B23BB0 #B0B23B

tetradic

#3BB0B2 #793BB2 #B23D3B #75B23B

square

#3BB0B2 #793BB2 #B23D3B #75B23B

split-complementary

#3BB0B2 #B23B75 #B2793B

monochromatic

#1D5556 #2C8384 #3BB0B2 #60C8CA #8ED8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#3BB0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#3BB0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB0B2

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB0B2	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A8B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 176, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.102 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8c9',
    500: '#3bb0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb0b2;
$custom-light: #81c8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.008,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69431,
    "c": 0.10183,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB0B2

secondary

#C48685

accent

#504EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB0B2

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

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