#3BB1BE#3BB1BE

#3BB1BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.104 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB1BE
RGB	rgb(59, 177, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -28.05, -16.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 32.37, 209.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0934 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.104 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8160, 36.0887, 54.2578)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB1BE #BE483B

analogous

#3BBE8A #3BB1BE #3B70BE

triadic

#3BB1BE #BE3BB1 #B1BE3B

tetradic

#3BB1BE #8A3BBE #BE483B #70BE3B

square

#3BB1BE #8A3BBE #BE483B #70BE3B

split-complementary

#3BB1BE #BE3B70 #BE8A3B

monochromatic

#1E5A61 #2C858F #3BB1BE #67C5D0 #95D7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#3BB1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#3BB1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB1BE

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB1BE	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 177, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.104 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c8d1',
    500: '#3bb1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb1be;
$custom-light: #83c8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.954,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70117,
    "c": 0.10364,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB1BE

secondary

#CA918B

accent

#5A4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB1BE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →