#3BB0C4#3BB0C4

#3BB0C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.105 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB0C4
RGB	rgb(59, 176, 196)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -25.72, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 32.36, 217.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0899 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.105 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2885, 35.9629, 57.7172)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB0C4 #C44F3B

analogous

#3BC493 #3BB0C4 #3B6CC4

triadic

#3BB0C4 #C43BB0 #B0C43B

tetradic

#3BB0C4 #933BC4 #C44F3B #6CC43B

square

#3BB0C4 #933BC4 #C44F3B #6CC43B

split-complementary

#3BB0C4 #C43B6C #C4933B

monochromatic

#1F5C66 #2D8695 #3BB0C4 #6AC3D2 #99D6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#3BB0C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#3BB0C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB0C4

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB0C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB0C4	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AAC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb0c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 176, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.105 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c8d5',
    500: '#3bb0c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb0c4;
$custom-light: #83c8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb0c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.759,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70108,
    "c": 0.1052,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB0C4

secondary

#CC988F

accent

#604BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB0C4

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

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