#3BB2B5#3BB2B5

#3BB2B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.103 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB2B5
RGB	rgb(59, 178, 181)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 1.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -31.20, -11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 33.14, 199.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0983 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.103 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0608, 36.1038, 49.3024)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB2B5 #B53E3B

analogous

#3BB57B #3BB2B5 #3B75B5

triadic

#3BB2B5 #B53BB2 #B2B53B

tetradic

#3BB2B5 #7B3BB5 #B53E3B #75B53B

square

#3BB2B5 #7B3BB5 #B53E3B #75B53B

split-complementary

#3BB2B5 #B53B75 #B57B3B

monochromatic

#1D5759 #2C8587 #3BB2B5 #62C9CC #90D9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#3BB2B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#3BB2B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB2B5

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB2B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB2B5	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#A6AAB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb2b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 178, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.103 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9cb',
    500: '#3bb2b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb2b5;
$custom-light: #82c9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb2b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.475,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7003,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB2B5

secondary

#C68886

accent

#514DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB2B5

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

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