#3BB1C6#3BB1C6

#3BB1C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.106 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB1C6
RGB	rgb(59, 177, 198)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -25.60, -20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 32.60, 218.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0901 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.106 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7145, 36.4481, 58.9897)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB1C6 #C6503B

analogous

#3BC696 #3BB1C6 #3B6BC6

triadic

#3BB1C6 #C63BB1 #B1C63B

tetradic

#3BB1C6 #963BC6 #C6503B #6BC63B

square

#3BB1C6 #963BC6 #C6503B #6BC63B

split-complementary

#3BB1C6 #C63B6B #C6963B

monochromatic

#1E5D68 #2C8798 #3BB1C6 #6AC4D4 #9AD7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#3BB1C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#3BB1C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB1C6

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB1C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB1C6	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ABC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb1c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 177, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.106 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c8d7',
    500: '#3bb1c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb1c6;
$custom-light: #84c8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb1c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.065,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70428,
    "c": 0.10617,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB1C6

secondary

#CD998F

accent

#604ADE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB1C6

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

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