#3BB2B9#3BB2B9

#3BB2B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.103 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB2B9
RGB	rgb(59, 178, 185)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -30.03, -13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 32.80, 203.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0965 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.103 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4771, 36.2704, 51.4950)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB2B9 #B9423B

analogous

#3BB981 #3BB2B9 #3B73B9

triadic

#3BB2B9 #B93BB2 #B2B93B

tetradic

#3BB2B9 #813BB9 #B9423B #73B93B

square

#3BB2B9 #813BB9 #B9423B #73B93B

split-complementary

#3BB2B9 #B93B73 #B9813B

monochromatic

#1D595C #2C858B #3BB2B9 #64C8CD #92D8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#3BB2B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#3BB2B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB2B9

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB2B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB2B9	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#A5AABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb2b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 178, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.103 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9ce',
    500: '#3bb2b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb2b9;
$custom-light: #82c9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb2b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70175,
    "c": 0.10325,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB2B9

secondary

#C78C88

accent

#554DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB2B9

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

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