#3BB1BC#3BB1BC

#3BB1BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.103 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB1BC
RGB	rgb(59, 177, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 5.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -28.65, -15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 32.41, 207.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0943 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.103 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5989, 36.0019, 53.1144)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB1BC #BC463B

analogous

#3BBC86 #3BB1BC #3B70BC

triadic

#3BB1BC #BC3BB1 #B1BC3B

tetradic

#3BB1BC #863BBC #BC463B #70BC3B

square

#3BB1BC #863BBC #BC463B #70BC3B

split-complementary

#3BB1BC #BC3B70 #BC863B

monochromatic

#1E595F #2C858D #3BB1BC #65C6CF #94D7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#3BB1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#3BB1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB1BC

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB1BC	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 177, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.103 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d0',
    500: '#3bb1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb1bc;
$custom-light: #82c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.116,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70042,
    "c": 0.10322,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB1BC

secondary

#C98F8A

accent

#584CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB1BC

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

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