#3BB2BC#3BB2BC

#3BB2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.104 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB2BC
RGB	rgb(59, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -29.14, -14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 32.64, 206.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0953 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.104 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7972, 36.3984, 53.1805)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB2BC #BC453B

analogous

#3BBC85 #3BB2BC #3B71BC

triadic

#3BB2BC #BC3BB2 #B2BC3B

tetradic

#3BB2BC #853BBC #BC453B #71BC3B

square

#3BB2BC #853BBC #BC453B #71BC3B

split-complementary

#3BB2BC #BC3B71 #BC853B

monochromatic

#1E5A5F #2C868D #3BB2BC #65C7CF #94D8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#3BB2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#3BB2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB2BC

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB2BC	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.104 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c9d0',
    500: '#3bb2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb2bc;
$custom-light: #83c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.651,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70286,
    "c": 0.10364,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB2BC

secondary

#C98F8A

accent

#574CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB2BC

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

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