#3BB1B8#3BB1B8

#3BB1B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.103 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB1B8
RGB	rgb(59, 177, 184)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 3.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -29.84, -13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 32.60, 203.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.096 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.103 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1737, 35.8318, 50.8749)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB1B8 #B8423B

analogous

#3BB880 #3BB1B8 #3B72B8

triadic

#3BB1B8 #B83BB1 #B1B83B

tetradic

#3BB1B8 #803BB8 #B8423B #72B83B

square

#3BB1B8 #803BB8 #B8423B #72B83B

split-complementary

#3BB1B8 #B83B72 #B8803B

monochromatic

#1D585B #2C848A #3BB1B8 #63C7CD #92D8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#3BB1B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#3BB1B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB1B8

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB1B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB1B8	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A9B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb1b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 177, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.103 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8cd',
    500: '#3bb1b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb1b8;
$custom-light: #82c8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb1b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.36,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69893,
    "c": 0.10265,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB1B8

secondary

#C78B88

accent

#554DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB1B8

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

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