#3BB0BC#3BB0BC

#3BB0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.103 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB0BC
RGB	rgb(59, 176, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -28.16, -15.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 32.20, 209.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0932 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.103 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4021, 35.6083, 53.0488)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB0BC #BC473B

analogous

#3BBC87 #3BB0BC #3B6FBC

triadic

#3BB0BC #BC3BB0 #B0BC3B

tetradic

#3BB0BC #873BBC #BC473B #6FBC3B

square

#3BB0BC #873BBC #BC473B #6FBC3B

split-complementary

#3BB0BC #BC3B6F #BC873B

monochromatic

#1E595F #2C848D #3BB0BC #65C5CF #94D7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#3BB0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#3BB0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB0BC

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB0BC	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 176, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.103 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d0',
    500: '#3bb0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb0bc;
$custom-light: #82c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.581,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69798,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB0BC

secondary

#C9908A

accent

#594CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB0BC

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

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