#3BB3C4#3BB3C4

#3BB3C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.106 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB3C4
RGB	rgb(59, 179, 196)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -27.21, -18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 32.78, 213.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0929 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.106 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8833, 37.1523, 57.9154)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB3C4 #C44C3B

analogous

#3BC490 #3BB3C4 #3B6FC4

triadic

#3BB3C4 #C43BB3 #B3C43B

tetradic

#3BB3C4 #903BC4 #C44C3B #6FC43B

square

#3BB3C4 #903BC4 #C44C3B #6FC43B

split-complementary

#3BB3C4 #C43B6F #C4903B

monochromatic

#1F5D66 #2D8895 #3BB3C4 #6AC5D2 #99D7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#3BB3C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#3BB3C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB3C4

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB3C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB3C4	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ACC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb3c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 179, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.106 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cad5',
    500: '#3bb3c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb3c4;
$custom-light: #84cad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb3c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.445,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70833,
    "c": 0.1059,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB3C4

secondary

#CC968F

accent

#5D4BDD

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB3C4

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

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