#3BB3BD#3BB3BD

#3BB3BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.104 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB3BD
RGB	rgb(59, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -29.33, -14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 32.83, 206.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0959 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.104 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1050, 36.8410, 53.8168)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB3BD #BD453B

analogous

#3BBD86 #3BB3BD #3B72BD

triadic

#3BB3BD #BD3BB3 #B3BD3B

tetradic

#3BB3BD #863BBD #BD453B #72BD3B

square

#3BB3BD #863BBD #BD453B #72BD3B

split-complementary

#3BB3BD #BD3B72 #BD863B

monochromatic

#1E5B60 #2C878E #3BB3BD #66C7CF #95D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#3BB3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#3BB3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB3BD

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB3BD	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.104 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cad0',
    500: '#3bb3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb3bd;
$custom-light: #83cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70567,
    "c": 0.10425,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB3BD

secondary

#C98F8B

accent

#574CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB3BD

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

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