#3BB1AD#3BB1AD

#3BB1AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.103 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB1AD
RGB	rgb(59, 177, 173)
HSL	hsl(178, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 2.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -33.03, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 33.88, 192.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.1008 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.103 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0652, 35.3884, 45.0367)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB1AD #B13B3F

analogous

#3BB172 #3BB1AD #3B7AB1

triadic

#3BB1AD #AD3BB1 #B1AD3B

tetradic

#3BB1AD #723BB1 #B13B3F #7AB13B

square

#3BB1AD #723BB1 #B13B3F #7AB13B

split-complementary

#3BB1AD #B13B7A #B1723B

monochromatic

#1C5553 #2C8380 #3BB1AD #5FCAC6 #8DD9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#3BB1AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#3BB1AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB1AD

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB1AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB1AD	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb1ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 177, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.103 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9c5',
    500: '#3bb1ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb1ad;
$custom-light: #81c9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb1ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.966,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69504,
    "c": 0.10295,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB1AD

secondary

#C48486

accent

#4E53DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB1AD

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

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