#3BB3BF#3BB3BF

#3BB3BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.105 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB3BF
RGB	rgb(59, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -28.73, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 32.77, 208.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.095 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.105 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3236, 36.9285, 54.9680)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB3BF #BF473B

analogous

#3BBF89 #3BB3BF #3B71BF

triadic

#3BB3BF #BF3BB3 #B3BF3B

tetradic

#3BB3BF #893BBF #BF473B #71BF3B

square

#3BB3BF #893BBF #BF473B #71BF3B

split-complementary

#3BB3BF #BF3B71 #BF893B

monochromatic

#1E5B61 #2D8790 #3BB3BF #67C7D0 #96D8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#3BB3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#3BB3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB3BF

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB3BF	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.105 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cad2',
    500: '#3bb3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb3bf;
$custom-light: #83cad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70642,
    "c": 0.10461,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB3BF

secondary

#CA918C

accent

#594CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB3BF

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

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