#3BB2B8#3BB2B8

#3BB2B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.103 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB2B8
RGB	rgb(59, 178, 184)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 3.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -30.32, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 32.87, 202.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.097 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.103 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3719, 36.2283, 50.9410)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB2B8 #B8413B

analogous

#3BB87F #3BB2B8 #3B73B8

triadic

#3BB2B8 #B83BB2 #B2B83B

tetradic

#3BB2B8 #7F3BB8 #B8413B #73B83B

square

#3BB2B8 #7F3BB8 #B8413B #73B83B

split-complementary

#3BB2B8 #B83B73 #B87F3B

monochromatic

#1D585B #2C858A #3BB2B8 #63C8CD #92D8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#3BB2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#3BB2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB2B8

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB2B8	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 178, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.103 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9cd',
    500: '#3bb2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb2b8;
$custom-light: #82c9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.88,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70138,
    "c": 0.10317,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB2B8

secondary

#C78B88

accent

#544DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB2B8

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

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