#3BB3C5#3BB3C5

#3BB3C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.106 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3BB3C5
RGBrgb(59, 179, 197)
HSLhsl(188, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(188, 70%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.43, -26.91, -18.77)
CIE-LCHlch(67.43, 32.81, 214.90°)
OKLaboklab(70.87% -0.0925 -0.0522)
OKLCHoklch(70.87% 0.106 209.4)
XYZxyz(27.9975, 37.1980, 58.5169)
Luminance0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3BB3C5 #C54D3B
analogous
#3BC592 #3BB3C5 #3B6EC5
triadic
#3BB3C5 #C53BB3 #B3C53B
tetradic
#3BB3C5 #923BC5 #C54D3B #6EC53B
square
#3BB3C5 #923BC5 #C54D3B #6EC53B
split-complementary
#3BB3C5 #C53B6E #C5923B
monochromatic
#1F5E67 #2C8996 #3BB3C5 #6AC5D3 #99D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49
#3BB3C5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44
#3BB3C5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB3C5
8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3BB3C5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3BB3C51.002.498.448.44
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4421.001.001.00
##0000008.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3ACC6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8F9EC5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3bb3c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 179, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.106 209.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cad6',
    500: '#3bb3c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3bb3c5;
$custom-light: #84cad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3bb3c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70872,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3BB3C5
secondary
#CD978F
accent
#5D4ADE
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB3C5

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#3BB3C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva