#3BB3BB#3BB3BB

#3BB3BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.104 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB3BB
RGB	rgb(59, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -29.92, -13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 32.93, 204.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0967 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.104 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8894, 36.7548, 52.6813)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB3BB #BB433B

analogous

#3BBB83 #3BB3BB #3B73BB

triadic

#3BB3BB #BB3BB3 #B3BB3B

tetradic

#3BB3BB #833BBB #BB433B #73BB3B

square

#3BB3BB #833BBB #BB433B #73BB3B

split-complementary

#3BB3BB #BB3B73 #BB833B

monochromatic

#1E5A5E #2C868C #3BB3BB #65C8CE #93D8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#3BB3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#3BB3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB3BB

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB3BB	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)

#A6ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.104 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cacf',
    500: '#3bb3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb3bb;
$custom-light: #83cacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70493,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB3BB

secondary

#C88D8A

accent

#554CDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB3BB

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

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