#3BB2C4#3BB2C4

#3BB2C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.106 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB2C4
RGB	rgb(59, 178, 196)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -26.72, -18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 32.63, 215.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0919 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.106 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6836, 36.7529, 57.8489)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB2C4 #C44D3B

analogous

#3BC491 #3BB2C4 #3B6EC4

triadic

#3BB2C4 #C43BB2 #B2C43B

tetradic

#3BB2C4 #913BC4 #C44D3B #6EC43B

square

#3BB2C4 #913BC4 #C44D3B #6EC43B

split-complementary

#3BB2C4 #C43B6E #C4913B

monochromatic

#1F5D66 #2D8795 #3BB2C4 #6AC4D2 #99D7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#3BB2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#3BB2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB2C4

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB2C4	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ABC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 178, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.106 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c9d5',
    500: '#3bb2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb2c4;
$custom-light: #83c9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.883,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70591,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB2C4

secondary

#CC978F

accent

#5E4BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB2C4

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

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