#3BB2B4#3BB2B4

#3BB2B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.103 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB2B4
RGB	rgb(59, 178, 180)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -31.49, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 33.25, 198.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0987 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.103 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9586, 36.0629, 48.7639)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB2B4 #B43D3B

analogous

#3BB47A #3BB2B4 #3B76B4

triadic

#3BB2B4 #B43BB2 #B2B43B

tetradic

#3BB2B4 #7A3BB4 #B43D3B #76B43B

square

#3BB2B4 #7A3BB4 #B43D3B #76B43B

split-complementary

#3BB2B4 #B43B76 #B47A3B

monochromatic

#1D5758 #2C8486 #3BB2B4 #61C9CB #8FD9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#3BB2B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#3BB2B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB2B4

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB2B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB2B4	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AAB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 178, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.103 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9ca',
    500: '#3bb2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb2b4;
$custom-light: #82c9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.992,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69995,
    "c": 0.10306,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB2B4

secondary

#C58786

accent

#504EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB2B4

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

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