#3BB3BE#3BB3BE

#3BB3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.104 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB3BE
RGB	rgb(59, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -29.03, -15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 32.80, 207.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0954 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.104 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2139, 36.8846, 54.3904)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB3BE #BE463B

analogous

#3BBE88 #3BB3BE #3B72BE

triadic

#3BB3BE #BE3BB3 #B3BE3B

tetradic

#3BB3BE #883BBE #BE463B #72BE3B

square

#3BB3BE #883BBE #BE463B #72BE3B

split-complementary

#3BB3BE #BE3B72 #BE883B

monochromatic

#1E5B61 #2C878F #3BB3BE #67C7D0 #95D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#3BB3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#3BB3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB3BE

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB3BE	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.104 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cad1',
    500: '#3bb3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb3be;
$custom-light: #83cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.038,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70604,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB3BE

secondary

#CA908B

accent

#584CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB3BE

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

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