#3BB0BD#3BB0BD

#3BB0BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.103 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB0BD
RGB	rgb(59, 176, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 6.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -27.85, -16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 32.18, 210.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0928 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.103 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5103, 35.6516, 53.6185)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB0BD #BD483B

analogous

#3BBD89 #3BB0BD #3B6FBD

triadic

#3BB0BD #BD3BB0 #B0BD3B

tetradic

#3BB0BD #893BBD #BD483B #6FBD3B

square

#3BB0BD #893BBD #BD483B #6FBD3B

split-complementary

#3BB0BD #BD3B6F #BD893B

monochromatic

#1E5960 #2C858E #3BB0BD #66C5CF #95D6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#3BB0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#3BB0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB0BD

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB0BD	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 176, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.103 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d0',
    500: '#3bb0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb0bd;
$custom-light: #82c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69836,
    "c": 0.10304,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB0BD

secondary

#C9918B

accent

#5A4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB0BD

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

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