#3BB3AB#3BB3AB

#3BB3AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.105 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB3AB
RGB	rgb(59, 179, 171)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 4.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -34.53, -5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 34.98, 189.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.1037 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.105 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2710, 36.1074, 44.1578)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB3AB #B33B43

analogous

#3BB36F #3BB3AB #3B7FB3

triadic

#3BB3AB #AB3BB3 #B3AB3B

tetradic

#3BB3AB #6F3BB3 #B33B43 #7FB33B

square

#3BB3AB #6F3BB3 #B33B43 #7FB33B

split-complementary

#3BB3AB #B33B7F #B36F3B

monochromatic

#1D5753 #2C857F #3BB3AB #60CBC4 #8EDAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#3BB3AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#3BB3AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB3AB

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB3AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB3AB	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb3ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 179, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.105 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cac3',
    500: '#3bb3ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb3ab;
$custom-light: #81cac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb3ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69932,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB3AB

secondary

#C58589

accent

#4E57DA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB3AB

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

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