#3BB1C8#3BB1C8

#3BB1C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.107 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB1C8
RGB	rgb(59, 177, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 11.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -24.98, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 32.75, 220.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0893 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.107 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9467, 36.5410, 60.2126)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB1C8 #C8523B

analogous

#3BC898 #3BB1C8 #3B6AC8

triadic

#3BB1C8 #C83BB1 #B1C83B

tetradic

#3BB1C8 #983BC8 #C8523B #6AC83B

square

#3BB1C8 #983BC8 #C8523B #6AC83B

split-complementary

#3BB1C8 #C83B6A #C8983B

monochromatic

#1E5E6B #2B889A #3BB1C8 #6BC4D5 #9BD7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#3BB1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#3BB1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB1C8

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB1C8	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ABC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 177, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.107 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c8d8',
    500: '#3bb1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb1c8;
$custom-light: #84c8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.787,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70508,
    "c": 0.10702,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB1C8

secondary

#CF9A90

accent

#6148DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB1C8

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

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