#3BB1A8#3BB1A8

#3BB1A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.104 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB1A8
RGB	rgb(59, 177, 168)
HSL	hsl(175, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 5.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -34.43, -4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 34.79, 188.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.103 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.104 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5904, 35.1985, 42.5362)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB1A8 #B13B44

analogous

#3BB16D #3BB1A8 #3B7FB1

triadic

#3BB1A8 #A83BB1 #B1A83B

tetradic

#3BB1A8 #6D3BB1 #B13B44 #7FB13B

square

#3BB1A8 #6D3BB1 #B13B44 #7FB13B

split-complementary

#3BB1A8 #B13B7F #B16D3B

monochromatic

#1C5551 #2C837C #3BB1A8 #5FCAC2 #8DD9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#3BB1A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#3BB1A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB1A8

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB1A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB1A8	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)

#A8A8A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb1a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 177, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.104 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9c1',
    500: '#3bb1a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb1a8;
$custom-light: #81c9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb1a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.424,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69336,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB1A8

secondary

#C48489

accent

#4E59DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB1A8

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

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