#3BB2C9#3BB2C9

#3BB2C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.108 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB2C9
RGB	rgb(59, 178, 201)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -25.17, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 32.92, 220.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0899 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.108 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2622, 36.9844, 60.8962)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB2C9 #C9523B

analogous

#3BC999 #3BB2C9 #3B6BC9

triadic

#3BB2C9 #C93BB2 #B2C93B

tetradic

#3BB2C9 #993BC9 #C9523B #6BC93B

square

#3BB2C9 #993BC9 #C9523B #6BC93B

split-complementary

#3BB2C9 #C93B6B #C9993B

monochromatic

#1E5F6C #2B8A9C #3BB2C9 #6BC5D6 #9BD8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#3BB2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#3BB2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB2C9

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB2C9	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 178, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.108 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c9d9',
    500: '#3bb2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb2c9;
$custom-light: #84c9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.718,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70789,
    "c": 0.10758,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB2C9

secondary

#CF9B90

accent

#6048E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB2C9

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

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