#3BB3B5#3BB3B5

#3BB3B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.104 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB3B5
RGB	rgb(59, 179, 181)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 1.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -31.68, -10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 33.45, 198.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0993 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.104 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2605, 36.5032, 49.3689)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB3B5 #B53D3B

analogous

#3BB57A #3BB3B5 #3B76B5

triadic

#3BB3B5 #B53BB3 #B3B53B

tetradic

#3BB3B5 #7A3BB5 #B53D3B #76B53B

square

#3BB3B5 #7A3BB5 #B53D3B #76B53B

split-complementary

#3BB3B5 #B53B76 #B57A3B

monochromatic

#1D5859 #2C8587 #3BB3B5 #62CACC #90D9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#3BB3B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#3BB3B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB3B5

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB3B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB3B5	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ABB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb3b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 179, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.104 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cacb',
    500: '#3bb3b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb3b5;
$custom-light: #82cacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb3b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.984,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70276,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB3B5

secondary

#C68786

accent

#504DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB3B5

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

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